My dreams

I've been thinking a lot about the future of my education and the dreams I believe God has given me. I'm debating either taking more time off school, or changing my classes so I can work more to pay off debt and save money.

It's a challenging dilemma because our society places a huge emphasis on obtaining a degree; like you're not really "good enough" or an intelligent person if you haven't gotten that degree. But I think that sometimes God intends for some people to learn what they need to know in non-traditional ways, or learn things that can't be taught in an academic school.

I really hope that I will be able to obtain a 4-year degree (even if it takes me 10 years!), but I know that if it's in God's plan for me, I will get my degree at the right time, from the right place, even if it's not on my own timeline.

I also realized that getting a degree/not getting a degree isn't the be-all end-all to pursuing my dreams.

Ultimately, my dream is to touch people's lives with music--the songs I write, the music I play and sing. I want to be a person who God works through and blesses people through and I believe that is something that God has intended for me because I've seen how God has used those gifts. And I don't need a degree to do that. Another huge, if not larger, dream of mine is to be a stay-at-home mom (not a stuck-at-home mom, though!). And I can see both happening simultaneously! There are so many possibilities that I doubt I can even think of them all!

It's easy for me to get frustrated and feel like I'm never going to finish my degree - but really, deep down, I think I just have a fear of not realizing my dreams. But honestly, at the core of those dreams is the desire to be an ambassador of Christ to people, at home, in my community, and the world. No one needs a degree for that -and I don't have to doubt that is God's will, because that's His will for all of us.

I have peace about whatever happens, even if it means not continuing with my music major classes for a season.