Prayer and thinking

Hey blogging friends,

I have a prayer request for you all. I am trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up (technically, I will be a legal adult in less than a year!) and I am constantly finding myself on my knees asking God what He wants me to do. I am thinking of being a Pharmacist because that is a job I would enjoy because I would be able to socialize with people, make a good income, and its a career that will always be needed so its a secure job. I am also thinking of being a dental hygienist... i am not sure how well i would do with cleaning peoples teeth without getting sick! I am sure I could tough it out but I may pass out in the middle of the cleaning! lol JK!
So if you all could pray for God to give me wisdom and guidance so that my life may be lived for His will alone.

While I was thinking of this... a thought popped in my mind that my future spouse is probably having the same battle of wondering what he wants to do for a career (unless he is a couple years older than me....) so I prayed for my future spouse. Then I thought of all my homeschool and blogging friends (you all who read my blog : ) and prayed for you to have guidance too!

Oh and I wanted to share this story with you that was inspired by a post on Tunafish's blog:

One Sunday, a pastor was telling a story to the congregation that went like this:
A few years ago, a father told his son they were going to go fishing on Saturday. His son asked him if his friend could come too. His father thought it may not be a good idea because his son was still growing in the Lord and his friend isn't a Christian but he couldn't help saying yes to get a huge grin on his son's face. That Saturday, they left early in the morning. They got into the father's boat and went out to the middle of the lake. The sun slowly began hiding behind the clouds and it became gloomy and rainy very quickly. The father was about to begin rowing back for shore when some heavy tides began coming towards their small boat. Both the boys only 13 or so began to panic. They tried to stay on the boat but as a large wind came, a huge wave knocked both boys out of the boat and into the raging water. The father immediately realized this and saw that both boys were a good 10 feet apart and knew that with the one rope he had, he could only save one boy! He prayer a desperate prayer to God saying, "Why must I have to make such a painful choice!" The father let out a shout saying, "Son! I love you so much!" and sent the rope flying towards his son's friend. He pulled the boy safely on the boat but by the time he was through, his son was no where to be found. The waters calmed in a couple hours and while it still rained, the father made the long row back to shore. He drove like crazy to his house and called a search party to try and find his son only to have them find his body on the shore a couple days later. The father had a hard time accepting his son's death but eventually saw the benefits when his son's friend asked him to pray with him. His son's friend gave his life to Christ and promised to live for God from then on and he has.

While the preacher was still talking, a teen boy in the front row asked, "Preacher, how do you know this guy is truly saved? Who told you this story anyway?"

The preacher smiled at the boy and said tenderly, "I know this story is true because I am the boy who was saved. My friends father saved me instead of his own son because he knew that one day, he will see him again. I am standing here to tell you that this is just like how God gave his son for not just one boy but for all of mankind!"

Isn't that a great story! I cry every time I think about what Jesus went through so we could be saved and have eternal life with God. Amazing Grace!

Blessings,
Butterfly