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In just a short amount of time my life has shifted, not incredibly a lot but enough to change the direction my future will now be taking....Well, I guess that is quite a lot.
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UNPLUGING
This morning I awoke around 7am, grudgingly getting out of bed as I recalled the piles of homework I had to finish up today. It was after I had finished assignment #1 when I realized I kept constantly going on social media checking for the latest news--clearly not really progressing on my homework as quickly as I wanted to. So I decided to go out. To go into nature and unplug for a bit; just me, my car, my notebooks and a pen surrounded by God's beauty.
Despite my lack of direction and almost driving to Las Vegas when I meant to go to Salt Lake, I arrived at the Deer Creek Reservoir safe (see, nothing to worry about mom haha). It was still chilly at the time and while being there my homework almost flew into the lake but being outside surrounded by the water and the mountains left me in awe. All I could think was God is so good. His creations are so astoundingly beautiful, its amazing.
After finishing assignment number 2 and 3, I decided to leave Deer Creek and drive through Provo canyon to see if there was another place I could stop and explore.
Timpanogos Park, what a place. I'm not sure anyone else would have found it quite so amazing as I did this morning. It's rather quiet and there weren't a lot of people....it's perfect. This time instead of leaving my backpack and phone in the car, I brought them along with me (I figured it wouldn't really hurt since I had no wifi or service).
(ok these almonds are the bomb.com)
Here I focused on how my life is going now. At times, I (I think most people do too but I don't want to speak for others) tend to get so caught up with the things I want, the things I plan for when in reality its not about what I want or what I plan for. I've come learn this past year that we can plan all we want but at the end of the day God already has a plan perfectly laid out for each and everyone of us.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9
So I read, I talked, but more importantly I listened. It's amazing how much more in touch you feel when you truly just focus on Him above. Now, I'm not saying I had a overwhelming feeling of joy and peace or that I saw an angel or that I even heard God's voice because I didn't. What I did feel was a sense of calmness wash over me. I know now that what I'm meant to be is an instrument in God's had to help others around me.
I left this morning searching for some sort of confirmation--that changing my major and pursuing certain things (I'll be sharing later on) this coming year is the what I should actually be doing. I came back realizing that God loves us so much that He allows us to make our own decisions. We can't expect Him to choose for us what we need to do, I mean how are we suppose to grow and become better if that's how things went? So here I am, 19 years old, expected to make probably one of the biggest decisions of my life, what to get an education on.
I'm beyond excited and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous because I totally am but with the guidance of God I've decided to change my major and pursue a career in Public Health: Health Promotion with a minor in Nutrition and possibly international studies (but that last one is still up in the air and whatnot). My passion has always been to serve others; to spread Gods love, letting His children--my brothers and sisters--know that they are and have always been loved, that they are of infinite worth.
