answered prayers I have always wondered what God wanted me to do with my life. I did not want to pick the wrong thing and then live a bad life. Well, one think I know now is that God is with you no matter what you do, just live for Him, and you will never go astray. Well, I was about to get a big sign at Kings one night. Now, this happened just a few days ago, it was the 20th of January in 2017. It was my brother’s 15th birthday that day. Anyway, we were at Kings and everything was going all right. The beginning was fine, we just were singing. We had brought a few new people and they were getting used to the environment around them. I did not really feel what I usually feel, but I still was enjoying myself. Kaleb, Nate, and I were planning for that night whether we were going to drive to Kaleb’s. His parents wanted us to wait until, but Julia and I had a Lions Club convention Saturday morning at 9 that we had to be at. The whole trip to Kaleb’s house was supposed to be for the convention, but then Nate and Kaleb decided to just hang out at the house while we went. The convention was located about thirty minutes from Kaleb’s house, and his parents were away so we could stay there. I really wanted to leave that Friday night so me and Julia would not have to drive to Grand Rapids in the morning because I hate to get up early. We also always stay up late on Fridays because of Kings. We stayed up until 3:00 AM that night and had to get up at 6:30 AM to leave. Anyway, it turned out that Kaleb and Nate did not want to leave that night, basically because they did not have to get up early for the convention anyway, and due to that we had to drive separately. This whole thing could have been avoided if we did not bring Julia, but she did not have a ride, and Kaleb only had three seats in his car because of all his ice fishing stuff that he did not want to take out. So, I drove up Julia in the morning and Nate and Kaleb came up later that day. So, I went a bit off track, but this explains some of the real story. So, during Kings, the worship was going fine until Nate and Kaleb said we were going to drive separate. Well, the road trip would have been half the fun so I was bummed out for a while during Kings. So, as I was sitting there thinking about how lousy this trip was turning out to be, Jake, one of the guys at Kings, came up to me. He said that he really enjoyed the speech I had given at Chi-Alpha the night before. I had given a speech about how we should not worry about anything because God has us, and He has a plan. The verse I shared was Matthew 6:25-34. It is about how the birds of the air do not even worry about food or shelter and God gives it to them. We are the children of God, so how much do you think He would give to us? The sparrows know that God will be there for them, so we should too. Then I showed them all the song “Sparrows”which has a great message from scripture. Then I prayed over everyone, then I was done. Jake said that the next morning, he read the verse again and started to cry. Then he said that he loved the speech and asked me if I had ever thought about being a speaker. Now, as soon as he said this, I was blown away because before that, all my friends were telling me that too. I had kind of thought that I was an all right speaker because I have confidence in front of others, but I always cast it aside because they were my friends and wanted to make me feel good. Well, I did not know Jake that well, so I believed it more. As he kept telling me about why I should be a speaker and about all this stuff that helped him, I was becoming more convinced that this was a sign from God that I should be one. I told him about how I felt so amazing when I would speak, and that if were to speak about any other subject, I did not get that feeling anymore. All my friends can testify that I get extremely excited when I talk about Christianity or anything about the Bible or God. A lot of times I start yelling or will dance around. I just do it; the Holy Spirit is in me. After Jake was done talking, he gave me some scripture to read. By this time, I was so convinced that this was a sign, then I read the scripture and became even more happy about everything. He told me to read Philippians 3 and Mark 4. I have not read Mark 4 yet, however Philippians 3 was awesome. It was about realizing what you have that God has given you. It talks about how people do not know they have a gift until they realize it. When they do, they realize that it has been there the entire time. The rest of the verse is about looking towards the future and not in the past. The Bible says that after we sin, we are not to look back one time after repentance, we are to look to the future. This was great for me and Jake to talk about. I told all my friends that night about what had happened, and do believe that God wants me to become a speaker, someone that goes around at conferences or churches and just talks about God. I had prayed for what God wanted to me to do with my life for as long as I can remember, so basically my whole life. He finally told me, probably a while ago, but I just was not listening. So, He used the people around me. The funny thing is…when Jake was walking over to me right away, I knew something incredible was about to happen to me.
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