Success

           Let me just tell you that I love deep conversations with friends. Today I reunited with one of my roommates in Uganda, which was so refreshing to just talk about the children we left behind and love so much. We started talking about success. What is success? To this country it's the "American Dream", graduating high school, going straight to college, graduating with a masters, get a high paying job, get married and have kids. Yeah it sounds great on paper, but that' s not what I would consider successful. I have this fear of going to my 10 year high school reunion, everyone is "successful" by the world's definition and then there is me. Most people my age know what they are majoring in therefore have a plan. I have no idea where I will be in 10 years or what exactly I want to do. But I know I love to travel the world and tell people about Jesus.
          My definition of success is being in the middle of God's will, wherever that is. Whether that is being homeless, jobless or working a minimum wage job. If you are in the middle of God's will, that's the perfect place to be. We only get one life on earth, and then an eternity(really think about how long that is) in whichever final destination you choose (and it is a choice). This life, this miniscule existence that we have on this planet, affects our eternity. I have a feeling lots of people are going to reach the end of their life, and when God asks what they did with it, they name off worldly success, but God doesn't care about that. When you start to have an eternal perspective on life, the world's definition doesn't make sense. I want to be successful, but not how most people think of success. I want to live for Christ and use every second of this life to glorify Him. When God asks me what I did on this earth with my knowledge of Him, I want to answer truthfully: "Everything I possibly could!" If telling people about Christ and glorifying Him is all that matters in the end, then I don't care about anything else. What is your definition of success?

Lauren