To You I give my Life...

It seems as if once you reach a certain age or grade (what it is? I'm not sure, sometime around high school.) You begin to get asked again and again, "What next?" You ask yourself that, your parents ask you that, church friends ask it, even strangers ask it when they find out you're in high school. For a long while, I hated that question, because it meant I had to admit that I planed on graduating a year early, some people find this wonderful and fascinating, others think its odd and not very useful. I mean, don't grow up too fast right? I am sure that when I am older, I'll understand that statement more, but as a teenager trying to figure out what to do with life, its not very encouraging. In some scenarios I'm being told "don't grow up too fast" stay young, enjoy being young. On the other hand, I feel the whole world is telling me "You need to know what you're doing with your life, you need to have a plan, go to collage." I consider myself blessed and lucky that I feel I know what I want to do with my life, and also what I believe Gods will for my life is. Once I graduate (hopefully) next year, I want to take classes at the community collage and try and work full time. And in a couple years I want to go out west and find ranch work. Yes, I am probably crazy, No, I don't plan on attending a university or staying in a dorm room, No, I don't think I am missing out. I know my life plan is different than most, but I am quite determined. I have prayed about this, and I know plans can change, If God wills them too. I am trusting him. I feel that ranching is what I was made to do.
So. if you're a high school student still trying to figure out what to do with life, don't stress, pray and pray and pray some more. Seek Gods will, and try to be patient with people when they ask you serious questions about your future.
"To you I give my life, not just the parts I want to
To you I sacrifice these dreams that I hold on to

Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is stronger than mine
This is no sacrifice
Here's my life" (No sacrifice, by Jason Upton)
~KayK