A Lost Bouy

Malohaut

Malohaut

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Where do I go? What do I do? What is my career? What is my future? Is it marriage? Is it career? Is it missionary? Is it this very low paying job? Another? Do I stay in Orlando? Go back to New Orleans? Or elsewhere? Do I seek to become a preacher? Or continue my full heart and focus on my online ministries? I feel like a lost bouy, floating in a vast ocean. Though God may be leading me, I see no path, I see no direction, I see nothing. I feel lost and drifting. Though I don't feel stagnant, I don't know which way to go either as all doors and options and choices are open.

Need prayer!
 
PRAYING!!!!!!

And if your questioning Marriage!! BEAT FEEET! imo You will know without a doubt the person your supposed to marry. And what to do, Pray worship start doing all those things you wanted to do before you died!

Now thats sound advice!

Low paying Job, ....worthless Unless you are learning something you truly want to do

Apply to be a missionary

Smell some flowers

Be the friend you want someone to be to you

Love Jesus

Allow Jesus to love you.

yes I like that, but you have to be happy with that.

My mother, who once said to me if you can't be happy here, you aren't going to be happy there, specially if you don't know where there is!
 
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Some of the best advice ever given to me came from the preface of Mere Christianity.

It is more like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms. If I can bring anyone into that hall I shall have done what I attempted. But it is in the room, not the hall, that there are fires and chairs and meals. The hall is a place to wait in, a place from which to try the various doors, not a place to live in. ... It is true that some people may find they have to wait in the hall for a considerable time, while others feel certain almost at once which door they must knock at. I do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait. When you do get into your room you will find that the long wait has done you some kind of good which you would not have had otherwise. But you must regard it as waiting, not camping.
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When C.S. Lewis wrote this, he was talking about finding a Church family. But I have found it to have a much broader application. We must wait on the Lord, have faith in his plan and (finally) marvel in the majesty of his works. (2 Peter 3:13, Jude 21)

This may be presumptuous. I'm new around here and all. :) Plus I obviously have very little information.

But as I prayed about your post, it came to me that you may be trying to make too many decisions. Perhaps the point of your waiting is to give you an opportunity to be silent and listen. We Americans are wonderful labors, but we are terrible at being still.

It seems that you have before you many options all of which have merit. And so you justifiably (and admirably) ask the Lord, "which of these do you want me to choose?" If you hear no answer perhaps... just perhaps...that is your answer. Nothing. The Lord may be saying, "just stay here with me for awhile and rest. All of these paths will still be here for you and I will lead you to the right one. But, for now, let us just be together. Come away to this lonely place and rest a while." (Mark 6:31).

It is a wonderful thing to be loved, not for what you do - but for who you are in him. It may be that the Lord is reminding you that it is you that he wants, not what you can "do for him." If so, rejoice! And spend this time with him. You may find such peace with him that you will never want to leave. You may find yourself like Peter in Matthew 17:4 saying "Lord, it is good to be here", and Lord will need to speak to you in a booming voice to get you to start down one of those paths.

Hope something in there is helpful. :)


-Sublime
 
Do I go left? Or right? Up? Maybe down? How about North. Or I can go South! Perhaps East. Or maybe west? Do I wear pants? Or shorts? Boots? Maybe shoes instead. Should I wear a hat? . . .

Silly silly silly. Where do I go? Into the arms of our loving Master's heart. What do I do? Love God. What is my purpose in life? To be a child of God.

Instead of looking to repay God, instead of looking to be somebody, instead of looking to find purpose and career, I just needed, instead, to look at God, be with God, love God, and fellowship with God. That must come first in my life above all others!

So, Sublime, believe me when I say you were right on the money. Be patient, trust in God, and fellowship with Him, and He will guide your pathways, or at least inspire your heart to the point of making you want to run like the wind! God is awesome!

Thank you so very much Sublime, and for all of your prayers!

And also for you Anthony, for sticking with me and encouraging me and wanting to slap me around at times. Hehe. Thank you for your prayers and for your patience!!
 
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Where do I go? What do I do? What is my career? What is my future? Is it marriage? Is it career? Is it missionary? Is it this very low paying job? Another? Do I stay in Orlando? Go back to New Orleans? Or elsewhere? Do I seek to become a preacher? Or continue my full heart and focus on my online ministries? I feel like a lost bouy, floating in a vast ocean. Though God may be leading me, I see no path, I see no direction, I see nothing. I feel lost and drifting. Though I don't feel stagnant, I don't know which way to go either as all doors and options and choices are open.
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I have often wondered why God makes it so clear that we are to follow the path He has laid out for us, then shrouds the path in a fog so thick we can't see our hand in front of our face.

I was watching Extreme Home Makeover last night, and they redid a house for a man who had lost his sight. They made the house so that there were hardwood floors with carpeted walkways between the various rooms, so that he could tell when he was off the path even though he couldn't see it.

I kind of think that's how God is with us all-- He's made it so that we can't "see" the path clearly most of the time, but He's given us a conscience and discernment to know when we're not following it.

Mal, I hope that you work through this with the same level of thoughtful consideration and longing for His will that I've seen in your posts in the short time I've been coming to these forums.
 
Malohaut, I want you to know that I have and keep you in my prayers.

WildBill, you will never know how badly I needed your words this morning. While your response was not geared to me, the Holy Spirit has used it greatly, in a tough situation, with some very difficult choices. Thank you.
 
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