So guys, I was just thinking about all of the seniors graduating, looking for jobs, going to grad school, or trying to figure out what they want to do. I'm beyond excited to see what they end up doing because I have no doubt in my mind that all the seniors I know will be successful in whatever they endeavor. I am proud of all of them: who they are, who they are going to be, their dedication they put into school, and their love they put into Clemson.
But with the loom of graduation overhead I started thinking, hmmmm when my graduation day comes next May what am I going to be doing after? Well that is a GREAT question because I have YET to find an answer. BUUUUUUUUT here is what I have noticed and what I've been thinking. I know for a fact I will not be getting a typical job after I graduate, I will not be at a desk, I will not work 9-5, I will not be writing paper work, I will not be teaching children, or answering phone calls. I will be doing something adventurous and living by faith. For most people I suppose it's just what is expected after you graduate you find a good job and then work up from there or you go to college and find the man of your dreams and get married. Well so far, that is NOT the case for me.
My dad came to Clemson the other week and took me out to dinner and we discussed what I wanted to do after I graduated. I told him that I will not be getting a typical job when I graduate and to my surprise he said I don't expect you to and I don't think you will either, I think you need to get a worldly missions experience for a year under your belt--- I'm sorry what!? THAT'S SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME that my dad doesn't expect me to hop right into the "real world" and knows that I want desperately to do world missions.
That's when I started thinking- hey you don't have to follow the "norm" and what really is the "norm" anyways? Why live a cookie-cutter life when life has so much more to offer? Then I started processing what I truly would want to do in my "early 20's". Here's what I have so far (it's not really a bucket list more of a this would be awesome to do type list): work at JH Ranch as summer staff or full staff, go on the World Race (travel to 11 countries in 11 months and do mission work), live and serve in the Choose to Invest orphanage when it is ready, be apart of Knoxville Fellows (a ministry in Knoxville where you have a part time internship, serve Knoxville, and get seminary credit), be a Clemson college recruiter, and go to culinary school.
Now later on in life I would love to have a big family with a loving wonderful husband 4 children and a chocolate lab. I also want to open a non-profit either soup kitchen or kids club for children and families to have a good meal and have a wonderful community to love and serve each other, and Kathy said she thinks I will have a little Bed-in-Breakfast so I can cook for people and be a hostess for people of all ages and races.
Seriously guys, options are endless and I don't know where the Lord is going to lead me. Any of those things on my list would fill my heart with joy but if the Lord has other plans for me whether that is to marry as soon as I'm done with school, or go into the real world right after school I suppose He will lead me that way. But I'm encouraged by these words and I am BEYOND thrilled to think of how exciting life is and how you really should make the most of every opportunity and don't limit yourself or God.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Be encouraged and know that the Lord has a plan for you whether you believe it right now or not and don't put limits on Him because He has BIG plans for an EXCITING life if you let Him.
With ALL my LOVE- Cam
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