Trust the Compass, Not the Map

“Don’t be afraid of the unknown on the journey; be afraid of missing the life God has appointed you to live.”

Why am I starting a blog? I ask myself that. I guess it’s because I’m at a point where I just don’t know where life is going and yet I want to have something where I can go back and look at where life has taken me. On top of that, I’ve always been better at writing than speaking. Thirdly, it’s kind of fun…maybe even a little stalkerish!

But this blog is about a journey…the process in my life where God brings all the “pieces” together for the good of His final purpose. This blog is to reflect the small steps that I will take and it’s only on this journey that my questions in life will be answered.

You know what I wish…I wish that life had a map of where to go next. But, I also know that you cannot entrust your life to maps. I remember a date I went on and the guy brought with him three big packets stapled together. I asked what they were and he said “directions to the three closest movie theatre’s.” Now if you know me, I don’t really go with directions….i just drive and find places…..I mean come on we were in Indianapolis and there had to be theatres all over the place. I thought it was rather cute that he was soo prepared (and a bit ridiculous J). Needless to say we followed one of the maps and it took us far away, only for us to get lost and have to turn around and come back to our starting place. It was then at our starting place that we asked the lady working where the closest movie theatre was….she simply pointed her finger straight across the street. There right in front of us we missed seeing a big movie theatre because we were so focused on where the map was taking us. This served as a good lesson in my life….the only way to be sure your course in life’s journey is right is to trust something greater than the maps—a compass. A compass gives you a bigger picture. It tells you where the North Star is and how to align your life.

This blog is my search for purpose and for living out my role in this journey. I want to be captured by the radiance of God’s North Star and I want to live my life by the compass of what He is doing. This journey is beginning and will continue to move toward one defining end.
I want this blog to be fun and for people to see my adventures in life…but I also want it to reflect the story God is writing in my life….

So here I go….I am about to write a chapter that will tell who I am in the scope of eternity. What will it say of my life? Make it count Ang. Don’t be afraid of the unknown Ang, be afraid of missing the life God has appointed you to live!