Starting Over
According to my mom, after my first day of first grade I greeted her with the words, “Mommy I want to be a teacher.” Sometime between the hours of 9AM and 3PM that day I became enamored with the teaching profession. I grew up knowing that was my destiny. I simply couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. A few years after high school I pursued and was successful at achieving my dream of becoming a teacher.
I poured my heart into my profession for sixteen years. I loved helping my students succeed. However, over a year ago I left the profession that was once my dream when I said yes to the love of my life. Saying yes meant leaving the land of my birth and moving to another country.
Since I made the move, I’ve been thinking that maybe it’s the perfect time to change professions. I go over it in my mind but the idea is overwhelming at times. What do you do when it’s time to dream another dream, find another passion, start all over again…? How do you make the steps necessary to get to where you need to be?
It’s scary at times when you’re a person who likes an orderly and predictable life to step out of your comfort zone and do something different. The lure of the familiar tugs at you. The fear of the unknown overwhelms you and you find yourself caught between the two.
I think sometimes we want to be 100% sure that something is going to work out before we take the plunge. However, we can never be sure that things will work out exactly the way we plan it. Sometimes we just have to make a decision and move towards it.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Psalm 37:23
I remind myself of this verse often. I quote it in my prayers and ask him to order my steps, to lead me in the way I should go. Ultimately, whatever I do in my life I want to know that I have God’s approval. I want to be in His perfect will. I know that if I allow my steps to be ordered by Him I will find success.
totally agree with you my friend.
Thank you, Denise.
Sweet Bernadine; I know it is hard to start all over again in a different country. I have been there myself. Although I still work in the same profession, it is challenging to start over. However, I know that He will guide your steps wherever you go.
Thank you so much for those encouraging words, my friend. I appreciate it so much.
Thank you for your honesty. I can imagine how hard that would be to go from something you love for someone you love and trust God for the journey! You, my friend, are in my prayers. I know those God ordered steps will bring success!
Thank you for your sweet comment and your prayers, Mary. They are appreciated.