Yeah, I know. I'm getting desperate here.
But I'm so disgusted. I'll graduate next semester, God willing, with my Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies. When I began this program, my plan was to also go to grad school and get up to a doctorate in RS and be a college professor.
But now I don't know. I just feel aimless and hopeless. I don't really have the money for grad school, and I'm just going in debt for what I don't know.
Sometimes I think I'd just like to be a nun of some type, but maybe that's just lazy. I don't know what I want.
I don't know what God wants.
How can I figure it out?
2006-10-21 06:31:02 · 22 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You should concentrate on what you are doing. You are asking a big question for which many a scholars have not been able to find answers for last 5000 years. I will try to give an answer which is practical. Live life one day at a time. Enjoy every moment. This moment will not come back. Excel in your work. Help the needy if you can. This is the summum bonum of life what a man/woman should and can do.
2006-10-21 06:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look into your heart. A piece of paper doesn't make your a better more knowledgeable, righteous person. What i think that your after is the real world. Walk in his steps and see the world that you are supposed to be helping. Teaching the word of God is a good pursuit but living the word is better. Put your teaching to use and really help those you are here to save. Take so time off your computer and go for a walk. Go to the hospital, go to the slums. These are the people who need you and your guidance. These people need you not your grad degree. God is about life get out and see the real world on your own without anybody but God by your side. The answers will come.
2006-10-21 13:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Where there is a will, there is a way". Try to prove this if you can."Life is not a bed of roses" Those who achieved the pinacle were not by flukes.Through hard work and perseverance.Don't let lose your objective.Nature is challenging you.Don't you feel it as an educated being.Do you know that "Sweets are the uses of Adversity" Keep on Applying for a job with your pending qualifications to the institutions of which the affairs are relating to your subjects.While you do the job, be alert of various scholarship programes which may ultimately lead to your Doctorate.This cannot be achieved in overnight.Put off your post graduate programs for the time being and concentrate on finding a job.Don't be a slave to your mind and remember "The patience is bitter while the fruit of it is so sweet".I am sorry, if I could afford, I would have helped you to your aim. All the best and face the challenge.
2006-10-21 13:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by JILMAAL 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meditate more and more and these confusions will go. We are all here with only one purpose...to know the divine and to become Divine...rest all are preparations for that
And once you have seen the Truth..after complete surrender...then you will see the harmony around us...My Guruji (shri Aurobindo) said -
What is life? Life is a beautiful Harmony!
Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Power is the strain, Knowledge is the performer, the infinite God is the composer and audience.
We know only the preliminary discords which are as fierce as the harmony shall be great; but we shall arrive surely at the fugue of the divine Beautitudes.
May God bring bliss and Light into your life on the Diwali Day...Happy Diwali
2006-10-21 13:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You can seek God's will for your life.
This IS your purpose.
I know that this could appear to be reductive and to sound limp. But it has been my experience that the more I seek God's will, the more I find it.
I have learned, over the years, that my purpose is the search. It is my only purpose. Other things that happen in my life occur because I am engaged in the search. I used to be looking for some big, clear, dramatic sign that would make clear to me for all time the purpose of my life. And slowly I was guided to come to understand that my purpose is to seek God's will and do the right thing with whatever circumstance came in front of me. It is very simple. I wanted it to be more complex...but it isn't.
If God wants you to do something large and specific, he will make it abundantly clear to you. That is, if God wants you to act in some specific way, he will have no problem getting his message to you. If he isn't showing you the big neon sign about your vocational purpose, what he wants you to do is keep seeking his will for your life. He will teach you all things, according to your desire to know and the diligence of your search.
2006-10-21 13:37:19 · answer #5 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God didn't put us here just to indulge ourselves or have a good time (at least in the way you probably mean it). God put us here for a purpose—and that purpose is to live for Him and experience the joy of His presence every day.
The problem is, God wants to be at the center of our lives‐but so do we. We want to run our own lives and be free to do anything we please because we think that must be the path to happiness. But when we live only for ourselves, we find it doesn't bring us happiness after all. In fact, a life of self-indulgence only leads to emptiness. The Bible warns, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death" (Proverbs 14:12).
But God has another way for us—His way! It alone is the way of peace, and it alone will bring us true happiness. Not only that, but His path alone will lead us to heaven. What is that way? It is the way of the cross—Christ's cross. On the cross Christ took away all our sins and selfishness, and now He wants to come into our lives and replace them with His love.
Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10). Turn to Christ today and ask Him to come into your life. Then ask Him to begin changing you from within—and He will, as you yield your life to Him and allow His Word, the Bible, to shape your life every day.
I don't know what path is best for you right now—but the most important recommendation I can give you is to seek God's will for your future.
You see, God knows all about you, and He also knows what's best for you. After all, He created you, and He gave you a unique set of abilities and opportunities. Don't drift through life, aimlessly going from one thing to another and constantly wondering if there is any sense to it all. Instead, seek God's will and make it your goal to follow Him. His way is always best.
How do you find God's will? Begin by making sure of your relationship with Him. If you have never done so, turn to Christ and ask Him to come into your life as your personal Savior and Lord. God's very first desire for you is that you would come to Christ and become part of His family forever.
Then ask God to guide you as you plan your future. Pray about it, seek the advice of others who know you, investigate your options, evaluate your abilities and interests, and ask God to open the right doors. No, He may not show you the whole road map—but He will guide you as you take the next step. The Bible says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6). This is God's promise to you as you seek His will. God bless you.
2006-10-21 14:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need help from anyone here, you need to consult God.
Also, you've got a lot of years ahead of you, believe me I didn't realize that until after college but I wouldn't plan on trying to follow a certain path through life, you need to ready for any opportunities and unexpected tribulations.
2006-10-21 13:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you are depressed. Has there been some kind of trauma lately like a family death, or somebody move away. Look up depression on the net there are little tests. Do not make life decisions if you are depressed or angry cuz they come back to bite you in the keester.
2006-10-21 13:39:57 · answer #8 · answered by ronnysox60 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pray to God over everything you think you want to do. Pray over everything carefully. God really will help you to decide what is best.
Congrats ahead of time for earning that degree!
2006-10-22 19:49:39 · answer #9 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His love for you is immeasurable take a day out to seek him with all your heart. ask him to show you what he would like you to do.
Much Love little proscunio
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity.
2006-10-21 13:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by proscunio 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋