I've been told more than once that God's will for your life is equivalent to the fire that burns in your heart...the thing (or things) that you're so passionate about you ache for it (or them). I think this advice is brilliant. I believe that God absolutely puts those specific desires and passions in our hearts, both for our benefit and for his glory. It's so important to realize that our deepest desires and longings are gifts from God, and even more important to fuel those fires.
I seem to have two of these fires lately. One I've had ever since I can remember, the other is a little more recent. Both are exciting. Both are overwhelming. Both are beautiful. But at this point, they seem to contradict each other. It's almost heart breaking, because I want both, but at this point that seems unlikely. I'm up and down and back and forth trying to decide which I want more and where I really see myself. Then I'm back to square one again.
Fortunately, it's not my decision to make. Whichever doors the Lord opens for me in the next couple of years will land me exactly where he wants me. Maybe it's one of my fires, maybe it's the other, or maybe it's some wonderful combination of the two. Wherever I end up is entirely up to him, and ultimately that's where I want to be. I believe that God gave me both fires for a reason. They did land me here, after all. And either way, wherever he wants me, I'm looking forward to getting there :)
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