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graygirl
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| Posted 11/5/2002 8:49 AM (GMT -6) |   | I'm wondering, how does one go about finding a vision for their life? I don't mean anything mystical or funky - basically how have you all come to realize the over arching passion/vision/direction of your life? is it just intuitive? Do you just know that you know? I feel as though your vision should be that theme that ties it all together if possible - vocation, ministry, relationships.....
I feel as though I've been floundering around for awhile....interested in a great deal of issues, have many ways to go, but don't know how to harness it all and give it a singular focus. It's frustrating and seemingly impossible to unlock. Inevitably someone will say "God will lead you"...and yes, amen, he does, but how? when?
I was expressing something of this nature to a person,( who's not a believer), once and that person bascially told me there was no such thing as "vision." He basically said that people just get jobs, pay bills and die. uhmmmm yea, okay ---- NOT.
I don't believe that for a second, but likewise I don't know how people end up doing what they were created for....how they find their passion/vision. Truly without a vision people perish. Just look into the eyes of a guy who ended up as a corporate executive because he lived and died for his company--> nobody's home.
anybody feel like sharing their experience?
GG
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might-be-don
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| Posted 11/6/2002 4:33 AM (GMT -6) | | The only way to make a map is to visit the places and draw a picture as you go along, sooner or later a pattern will emerge.
If all else fails, be where you are.
peace and love, don
"It's time to wipe the tears from our eyes time to stop questioning why, 'cos every clipped birds gonna fly the Healing has begun" T.S Taylor | | Back to Top | | |
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Starkman
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| Posted 11/7/2002 10:54 AM (GMT -6) | | I love to teach. I love it, I love it, I love it. The Bible, for the most part, but anything that I understand, I love to teach. Whenever I'm learning, I'm always thinking, "Okay, how would I teach this?" Problem: I'm not teaching!
First, I messed up my life and am only now (last past three years) getting it straightened out. Second, I have no formal education, so I can't teach professionally or formally. Third, God hasn't called me into ministry, and currently doors to teach (home Bible studies, etc.) are not only not opened, but clearly aren't opening yet. And forth, Im, therefore, left with this passion but no way to exercise it (as of yet!)
So, in my case, I know what it is I like to do (I'd also love to go to culinary school for a year, and I'd love to learn a language, but those are just strong interests), but I can't do it.
For you, just stop and ask yourself what it is you like to do. Even if it's something you might have already tossed out as something "qualified" to be pursued in life, still, bring it back into this arena and consider it. At least consider it. What is it that brings you alive?
If none of this can be answered yet, then continue to pray and seek God's wisdom. Maybe he's just not yet ready to tell you for some reason. Ask Him to do so!
For the passion of it all,
Starkman
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