The Road Ahead

As I sit quietly sipping my chamomile tea and listening to relaxing music I cannot help but reflect on God's plan for my life and what lies in store for me in the near and distant future. My life is so hectic right now and I have so very little down-time that it is quite hard for me to realize sometimes that there is in fact method to this madness. God does have a plan for me, and although I have a very hard time doing so, I should be placing more emphasis on listening for what that plan is and letting him guide me.

On the other hand, I must be careful not to fall into the trap of complacency for the sake of waiting for some sort of definitive directions from God. Sometimes these simply do not come. Perhaps one of the ways God guides us is through our natural inclinations to do things. For instance, I had been somewhat lenient to jump into running for Students' Association Vice President, because I wanted an absolute yes or no answer from God. I prayed about it for months and waited (admittedly, somewhat impatiently) for a straight, undeniable answer. It never came. Of course, some would say that this is my fault for not having enough faith that I would in fact receive an answer. This could be, but I certainly did my best.

At any rate, as I sat in on the pre-campaign meeting with all of the candidates I queried myself one more time, "is this really what you want to do?". After a few minutes of agonizing indecision I gave a silent plea to God. After a couple more minutes of sweating I suddenly had an overwhelming sense of peace that the choice to run was in fact a good one and I should proceed with my campaign. For the first time in months I felt no uneasy uncertainty.

Now, this may be insanity or something, but I actually believe I am on the track God wants me to be on. I feel confident that I would make a great VP and I intend to prove so. I have some great points that I genuinely want to see addressed in the coming year, and I think I can best do this as VP. I just hope and pray that my campaign team and I can gather enough supporters to make it a reality. I should feel quite nervous about everything since I am in fact the underdog in the race, yet I actually have a great sense of confidence about it all. No matter the outcome, I am going to do my best to bare myself and my goals to the student body and I am going to love every minute of it.

At the moment I have quite a few things to work on. Hopefully I will be able to add some updates in the coming days. If you have any questions or comments please let me know. Add a comment or email me at jdw03c@acu.edu. At any rate, have a wonderful day everybody.

13 hours remain...

I am furiously packing for my Spring Break Campaign. We leave tomorrow at 2. We will bike straight from the front of the bible building here to Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. It is going to be a rough but extremely fun trip. I'm quite pumped. I just hope I am adequately prepared. I hope I have everything I need. Please pray for the safety of all of us. It's going to be a fairly dangerous journey. I am going to be updating my spring break blog as we progress along our journey (or as we come to hotspots along the way). Check my blog to stay updated. If you have any questions post some comments and I'll get back to you. I really hope everyone has a great spring break. I know I will. I kinda wish I could go home and see everyone, but alas, I'm raising money for kids who are unable to ride bikes themselves, so I'm pretty pumped. Thanks everyone.