Control is a very tricky thing.  I do my best to follow my intended path and respond to things where I believe I can be helpful.  Before responding to a situation, I pray that I will be given the words to say or the grace to say nothing!  I don’t make decisions based on what I want but rather on what I believe is my next step through prayer and being alert and available to opportunities that arise.

Once I feel confident that I am going down my intended path I am driven to do everything possible to achieve God’s goal for me.  The difference is that I give control to God.   I had no desire to go to college.  God had another plan for me.  I gave control to God and earned my Ph.D.  After graduating, I thought I wanted to be a university administrator.  God’s plan for me was much different.  God opened doors for me in the business world that were far beyond what I could have imagined for myself. 

Because I give control of my life to God, I find myself challenged when asked some of the simplest questions.  I even find myself making things up so that it appears as though I have an answer to the question.  Simple questions like, What is your favorite food?  What is your favorite restaurant?  What do you like to do in your spare time?  What is your favorite place you have traveled?  All these questions are simple icebreakers that people use every day.  For me, huge challenge because I don’t have an answer for any of them.  I have found so much satisfaction in being a servant of God, I don’t think in terms of what I like, but rather what is it that God has planned for me.

One of the best examples of giving control to God is this blog.  For anyone who truly knows me, I am an introvert regarding my personal life.  In business, I very easily become an extrovert for the moment, but my safe place is as an introvert.  My life is very personal to me and not something I desire to share.  Writing this blog is WAY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.  I know that it is my intended path.  However, it is not something I would choose to do if I were controlling my life.  I do know, that God has a plan for me and that somehow this is a part of the big picture.  For that reason alone I am willing to share my journey in the hope of facilitating the lives of others to live for something greater.

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