This Thursday at RUF, Reid Dunn spoke since Ted was out of town. In his discussion of Abraham's failed tests, he made a remark that I've been dwelling on since.
"Do not keep facing the devil you know to avoid facing the devil you don't."
After large group this spurred much discussion, and it even awoke me in the middle of the night with this realization: we as people have an underlying fear and sense of anxiousness of the unknown. We are constantly wondering what is next and how we can plan for it, or if you're like me, just secretly hoping that things will all just stay as they are--comfortable and familiar. Lately my friends and I have all been trying to decipher God's plan for our lives upon graduation in the coming months, and regardless of how many pro/con lists we make, this answer will only come through much prayer and at the time in which the Lord chooses to reveal the answer.
However, this statement by Reid adds a new dimension to my analysis on my personal plan. I am very much a person who appreciates consistency and routine and is resistant to most change. This makes me wonder whether my lack of deciding on either continuing with law school or moving to a new city really is just a matter of the former being not only what I know, but a familiar plan and idea versus the latter which is uncharted territory in not being in an academic setting and forcing independence. So here I shall sit, on this eve of an ending, and patiently await the answer of where to go next and pray that me clinging to familiarity will not be a factor.
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