Goals

I've always been a goal oriented person. If I had something I wanted, I would work towards it until I got there. That's how I worked in school to get to my dream college, it's how I worked to get onto my school's cheer team, it's how I helped restart the youth group band, and it's how I started my podcast.

But I've also been a girl of many dreams. Sometimes I haven't known which one to focus on or I've started focusing on one and realized I should really be focusing on another. I've had many days (and even years) of thinking I had my entire life planned out for myself and then two days later realized that's not actually what I want.

So many of the things I've wanted to have been very different from one another and, to be honest, it's pretty clear that I won't be able to do it all. But the cool thing is, that there are different seasons in our lives where we get to do different things. And sometimes God lets our dreams and goals happen in ways we didn't expect them to.

While I've spent many days going back and forth over what dreams to follow and which ones to not follow, I've realized I've been living out a lot of my dreams in ways I didn't expect. Sometimes I even realized I was living a dream fully and instead, I was too focused on other things. I don't want to be that person.

I've prayed for clarity and direction, and sometimes God gave me a clear path. Other times, He had His reasons for not showing me in the moment. I think there's a lot of beauty to be found in that season of uncertainty though. You get to explore things you may not have. You get to focus on the blessings in your life. And you get to be a part of the overall purpose God has for our lives. In all that we do, we are to do it for His glory and to share the gospel with others. That's good goal to have.

Sometimes I wish I knew exactly what I was supposed to do. That every choice was laid out in front of me. But it's not and there's beauty in that. I'm excited to live out my dreams in ways I may not expect.