That's the struggle, ain't it? Even as an almost twenty year old junior in college, I can't seem to decide on where I want to be, so I'll break this post into two even halves. (For those of you who push transparency, this is doing wonders already.) These two halves shall be represented by two main ideas: What I feel Led to do, and What I am/have considered doing instead.
Firstly, what I feel led to do. It should be important to note beforehand that in ten years I'm extremely sure I'll be married to a female, and I'll probably have my first or second kid on the way. I'v felt God leading me towards seminary, which means that given that I'll be graduated from seminary in 6 years, I'll be somewhere in like my 3rd or 4th year of ministry, and I'll be living in some apartment or possibly a Parsonage (if they still exist) and doing everything that I've felt God has called me to do.
But I won't lie to you. Most days, that's not the truthful answer to the question. That's the default answer, and it'll be a huge shocker to my family and friends when I don't hit seminary (which is a possibility) but if I don't feel the leading of God to do it, which is a huge possibility since it's the one relationship that has spiraled out of control since everything went to hell and back (Back is the important part.), I wouldn't do it. You cannot be successful and productive in ministry without God's blessing because sooner or later it will all crumble. Duct-tape does not build houses.
So thats where this second half comes into play. As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a musician. As I mentioned a few posts before that, I own a publishing company and am simultaneously working on my own novel. On top of that I'm a history major with a minor in counseling, and I could get a job as a cop for 60,000 a year pretty easily. Lots of stuff within my breadth. I suppose that's the benefits of being a Jack of All Trades (but Master of None).
Honestly, I'd go the safest route. Two years of post-grad, get my masters in history, teach and write/music on the side. Probably my top professor back at EU was a lawyer before he was a full-time professor, and he described it as "early retirement". I don't know about you, but I'll take that at 24.
In the meantime, I guess I'll get to see which one I end up going for.
Sidenote, sorry about the variances between the different posts. Because I'm copying the 30 day challenge from someone else, it's messing with my font style, and then I saved this one and came back to it later and it was doing all sorts of junk. Yeah, it sucks, but I'm trying.
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