Are You Stepping Up to the Challenge?

I felt the need to blog tonight, I'm not real sure why, but I think I will use this opportunity to give an update of my life. Life has been quite crazy for me the past few months and thankfully things are starting to look up. I've been down about a lot of things, being at COA and not liking my job, not really having much of a social life, etc. I've just been in this constant state of feeling stuck and really hating that. I've always had a goal that I've been working towards and moving forward with, and while I'm doing that with the intention of going back to MACU, I still can't shake the feeling. But, as I said, things are finally starting to look up and I'm starting to come out of this depression I've been in. It's starting to get close to summer time, which means finding a better suited job on the outer banks which I'm very much looking forward to. I finally joined the church choir which has impacted me greatly....singing is my passion and it really is the highlight of my week to go to practice and be able to put that talent to use. I also was asked to sing for the sunday night worship band, which I am considering. While it would be an amazing opportunity, I'm not sure if I can commit to it right now. I'm also looking into volunteer opportunities, possibly at a local women's shelter again, but hopefully through the guardian ad litem program. Doing that means that I will represent children who are going through life situations that are often times similar to what I went through. I'm really praying that will come through, but I'm unsure if it will right now simply because of my age. I also sometime in the future want to start some form of church ministry that ministers to people who have experience with bad home situations. I think it would be amazing to have an outreach program that lets them know they aren't alone.

I know it all sounds like so much and I don't plan on doing it all at once, but I have big dreams to make an impact on the world and I want to start on those NOW. God has given me this amazing outlook on my past experiences and I need to use that to better others lives. This is the thing that gives me hope and makes me push past all the disappointments of the past year and continue going. At the risk of sounding conceded, I am meant to do great things. I may not end up famous for them, nor do I really want to, but I will do great things to impact the lives of whoever I can reach and to better the kingdom of God. I'm stepping up to the challenge God is giving me, so now ask yourself....are you?