a little late in the game.

i'm aware of what you all are thinking...
"why in the world is becca starting a blog titled 'let the journey begin' a year after graduating college."

well, i'll tell you why.
i love to make plans. i love coming up with wonderful things i'm going to do in my life, and then box myself in to only follow that one track. when i was 18, i accepted a call into ministry and immediately developed this plan for my life that included earning an education degree from samford, followed by earning a master's degree from a southern baptist seminary, and finally becoming a super successful children's minister. when i was 20, and halfway through accomplishing stepping stone numero uno, i decided that i wanted to take a year off after i graduated from undergrad in order to save money for the "big move" which i decided would be to north carolina so that i could attend southeastern seminary. around that same time i decided that after serving in children's ministry for a bit, i ultimately wanted to end up working in any of the children's areas at lifeway christian resources.

so there it was.
i was 20 (almost 21) and had my entire life planned out.
goal one-graduate from samford was accomplished last may.
onto goal two-take a year off, then head off to southeastern.
this last year i've worked really hard as a children's intern at fbc, as a barista at the bucks, as an expert nanny/babysitter for various adorable ankle biters, and now as an intern at lifeway.

but, as i learned at the beginning of my senior year at samford, god has other plans.
and god's plans dont always include my plans. i learned this painful lesson again last week as i made the decision to not move to north carolina next month and begin my full time seminary student career.


which brings me to this moment.
finding a "big girl job" is a frightening endeavor. 
and though its cliche (and i HATE cliches) i'm learning how to let go, and let god.