I’m at one of those crossroads in life right now. This particular crossroad is the one between college and whatever comes next. For me, the “whatever comes next” is yet to be determined. And so I wait.
The question is: What do I do during this time of waiting? And that’s a question I have asked God many, many times.
And the answer I have gotten back is to serve people and to love people. Sounds simple enough, but my type likes to complicate things like this. So I ask God “What does that look like?” And I always expect God to reveal to me some mission to go on in a third world country or some ministry to start or a book to write.
But those revelations never come. Instead, God has shown me that He wants me to serve and love others where I am. And, well, the truth of the matter is where I am is at home a lot.
And so I believe it can’t be possible that this is God’s intention. But His word hasn’t changed.
He wants me to pour my time and my energy into serving and loving others. Starting at home.
And that’s really what we’re all called to all the time. Regardless of whether we’re in a period of transition, working full time, raising children or retired. We are called to serve and to love others starting with our own families.
It’s that simple, but it’s also that important.
And so I wait for the next step to be revealed to me. And in the waiting, I serve.