Post by metalikhan on Sept 26, 2009 13:54:31 GMT -5
Praying for you, sister.
I would encourage you to reconsider school. Even if you don't take a full class load, it would be to your advantage to continue. For one thing, it's all too easy to lose the habit of studying and meeting scholastic requirements set by another. By the same token, once you start filling your life with other concerns and activities, re-opening a time slot for school becomes more and more difficult.
If writing is what you feel God is leading you toward for His service, classes in English will hone your skills. You need not declare a major right away; but even if a college requires something to fill in the blank, be aware that it's not written in stone and you can change it.
My parents did not support higher education when I was younger. They believed high school was enough and that a good job in a restaurant or grocery store was all I would need for the rest of my life. Nevertheless, I was able to acquire 3 ΒΌ semesters toward a degree. In thirty years, there has been neither time nor money to finish those last few hours I need. In the worldly sense, it has cost me consideration for higher paying jobs I've applied for as well as promotions within companies I worked for. As a Christian, I can still serve God without the degree but there are arenas of service I can't enter without it.
Be very cautious about your relationship with the young man you mentioned. I think the counsel the Bible gives us about not being unequally yoked with an unbeliever applies to friendships as well as marriage. Missionary dating is too often heartbreak in the making. Wiccan beliefs are pagan. They can sound convincing, they can sound harmless, they can sound tolerant and all-embracing; but they come from a worldview at enmity with Christ. I speak from multiple personal experiences with Wiccans not only at work but also within my own family.
I've mentioned in another thread a particular young man at one of the machine shops where I worked. One day, he asked me if I would be his mentor then revealed he was Wiccan. I told him I was flattered but could not because I am follower of Christ. He looked as me as though I'd just clubbed him with the dead blow hammer I held. After an incredibly long moment, he said I was the first Christian he'd known who didn't stand on the Bible to look down on him. Over a decade later, I still pray for him and I pray he saw some glimpse of Christ's love for him shining through me, enough for him to seek salvation and relationship with God.
Make sure you stand dressed in the full armor of God at all times (Eph 6:10-18). Measure your heart and your actions by the standards of what (Gal 5:22-24) tell us are godly fruits of the Spirit as well as by the perfect example Christ gave us.
Hold fast to God.
I would encourage you to reconsider school. Even if you don't take a full class load, it would be to your advantage to continue. For one thing, it's all too easy to lose the habit of studying and meeting scholastic requirements set by another. By the same token, once you start filling your life with other concerns and activities, re-opening a time slot for school becomes more and more difficult.
If writing is what you feel God is leading you toward for His service, classes in English will hone your skills. You need not declare a major right away; but even if a college requires something to fill in the blank, be aware that it's not written in stone and you can change it.
My parents did not support higher education when I was younger. They believed high school was enough and that a good job in a restaurant or grocery store was all I would need for the rest of my life. Nevertheless, I was able to acquire 3 ΒΌ semesters toward a degree. In thirty years, there has been neither time nor money to finish those last few hours I need. In the worldly sense, it has cost me consideration for higher paying jobs I've applied for as well as promotions within companies I worked for. As a Christian, I can still serve God without the degree but there are arenas of service I can't enter without it.
Be very cautious about your relationship with the young man you mentioned. I think the counsel the Bible gives us about not being unequally yoked with an unbeliever applies to friendships as well as marriage. Missionary dating is too often heartbreak in the making. Wiccan beliefs are pagan. They can sound convincing, they can sound harmless, they can sound tolerant and all-embracing; but they come from a worldview at enmity with Christ. I speak from multiple personal experiences with Wiccans not only at work but also within my own family.
I've mentioned in another thread a particular young man at one of the machine shops where I worked. One day, he asked me if I would be his mentor then revealed he was Wiccan. I told him I was flattered but could not because I am follower of Christ. He looked as me as though I'd just clubbed him with the dead blow hammer I held. After an incredibly long moment, he said I was the first Christian he'd known who didn't stand on the Bible to look down on him. Over a decade later, I still pray for him and I pray he saw some glimpse of Christ's love for him shining through me, enough for him to seek salvation and relationship with God.
Make sure you stand dressed in the full armor of God at all times (Eph 6:10-18). Measure your heart and your actions by the standards of what (Gal 5:22-24) tell us are godly fruits of the Spirit as well as by the perfect example Christ gave us.
Hold fast to God.
