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Car shopping is always interesting…   My minivan has 150k miles on it so we are looking into purchasing a new to us car.   You give the sales person a price and they always show you vehicles that are just a little above that price.   Then, somehow, you are looking at a new car that is on “sale” and way above our originally state price range.   Sigh…   How often do we do something like that in real life?   We have a plan, a course of values, and then we compromise a little bit, then a little more, and then a little more and soon, our values (or price range) are out the window.   We give a little with our morality, and then the next thing that we know; our original morals are out the window.   The world is like a car sales person, it is okay to do this, it is okay to do that…   For just a little more of this, you can be accepted here or there…   For just a little more compromise, you will get acceptance here or there….   S...

Sometimes God just works things out in your life.   Currently, I am following God’s direction on a big decision in my life.   It has been a very slow process that started way back in September and is just now coming to fruition.   During this time I have questioned this calling.   I have been presented with multiple opportunities to go away from the direction that God was leading me.   During this time of waiting, it has been hard for me to stay focused, instead I have been pursuing other avenues, I have been questioning my calling and going down different paths.   God is so good to me, He is so patient and He has no problems SLAMING the door in my face either, which I needed a couple of times. Recently, I was presented with 2 opportunities to go a different direction than what God is leading me both through friends of friends.   Both opportunities I investigated but felt no peace about and both opportunities ended up not being what I thought t...