Something lacking..

I was chatting with a friend of mine last night on fb, we were sort of catching up with each other about our lives in the past months or year that we haven't talked. Pretty much she's doing okay, as for myself, I am blessed now more than ever. She's been done school for quite some time now, and she's already working (good for her). A little later, she asked me this question: Have you ever felt like there's something lacking in your life as of the moment? That made me think for a good minute,, I thought to myself, well she seems well off with everything that's happening in her life for now (based on what she told me earlier). Then this silly idea came to me, "maybe she's talking about emotional emptiness or something of that sort," since we are in that developmental stage of life where intimacy vs. isolation occurs according to Mr. Erikson. But that isn't the case she said. For now, she's enjoying being single and there's still a lot more for her to accomplish before even committing in a serious romantic relationship (just paraphrasing what she actually said). Being unsure, I ended up asking her what does she mean by such question? She put it this way, "You ever thought like you feel you are meant to do something else greater or better than what you are stuck doing right now?" Ah, now i get it. She honestly feels stagnant as of the moment, having an educational degree and a mediocre paying job at the same time. She desire of attaining more than what she is working for right now. I wouldn't call it being an over-achiever, though she is an achiever by heart. She also shared to me her desire/plan of working abroad just so she could help financially to the construction of their church building as well as financially supporting her family. All these reasons are for a good cause I would say. However, sometimes or most of the time, we don't get things the way we would want to attain them. Yes, we do have the desire or the will to this or that or to plan ahead, but did we ever think that maybe the Lord has a reason why He's letting us go through such situation for the mean time? Probably, a preparation of what's to come? Yes, these may be small things in our eyes, the sufficient paying job that we have right now, but He's making sure that He can trust us with such small things first before He can make us stewards of greater ones. Otherwise, if we become impatient and hurry things up, it will be a big mess to clean after. Just like what happened to me a couple of years ago, I ended up being held back for almost a year after trying to figure things out for myself and going ahead with all my personal plans. Yes, we are destined to do great things for the Lord, so let us make sure that our purpose is not being overshadowed by our selfish plans, anyway everything that we do should all be for the glory of Him alone.

My prayer is that she'll continue to walk in the Lord and all the desires of her heart will come to happen soon, in the Lord's perfect time...