God WILL Get You Where You Need to Be!

Well, my sweet family and friends, I have a praise report that I just must share today! :) As you know I started college classes last week, and you may or may not know this, but I am taking my first college math class since going back to school.  I have been warned by many about how challenging this course is, but last week I LOVED it!  It is a class where the professor breaks down math problems procedurally and shows many different ways to arrive at the correct answer.  I sat in fascination on Thursday listening to him explain the many different ways to derive answers to somewhat complex story problems.  Some in our class may have been bored or confused, but I was thoroughly engrossed! :) He also had me come up to the board twice to explain how I had arrived at the answer I had (which was correct), and it reminded me of how much I love explaining math to people!

Anyway, this really got me to thinking about my elementary education area of emphasis.  It seemed like a no-brainer to do the dual credit option (12 hours towards my bachelor’s degree that also counts towards my master’s degree), but the problem with that is there are only 3 options:  administration (no way!), special education (also, not my strong suit, though it would be beneficial), or reading literacy.  Out of those three I picked reading literacy and have been working that direction.  Interestingly enough, I was unable to get into any of my dual credit reading classes this semester because of a “mistake” my advisor made (and let me tell you, I was pretty aggravated about it at the time!), so as of right now I have not taken even one class towards my area of emphasis.

Well, I should rephrase that…I THOUGHT I had not taken one class towards my area of emphasis. :) Let me explain what I mean:  I checked in with my adviser this morning about the possibility of changing my area of emphasis from reading literacy to mathematics.  After this whole day of she and I corresponding back and forth with each other, I have learned that I ALREADY have 2 of my math requirements towards a math area of emphasis from my 2 math education classes that I took way back at Emporia State University!  What does this mean, you ask?  This means that I only have to take 6 hours instead of 12 (because I already have the other 6) and this will save me 2 classes!  And, I get to have my area of emphasis in an area that I am really passionate about, and most importantly, the direction I feel the Lord is leading me!

This makes me think about how good God is.  I was heading the wrong direction, going towards the wrong area of emphasis and the wrong masters program.  All of last year, I was pretty set on this direction.  All summer, I was pretty set on this direction.  However, I must say, something about it never really seemed right.  Sometimes I would think to myself, "I just wish they had a dual credit program in math." or "If only they offered this program in math."  Hmm, was God trying to tell me something or what?  

I was never really settled, even though I wanted to be because dual credit pretty much always sounds nice, doesn't it?  Saving time and money pretty much always sounds like a great idea, right?  Well, not if it is saving time and money on something that is NOT what you want to be doing (as my sweet and wise husband has pointed out to me many times, saying, "maybe you should do math, even though it is not dual credit" and things of this nature).  Yes, sometimes we are the last one to figure out what we really want to do, even when it is clear to everyone else.  And then, today, to find out that really this is going to save me six course hours...well, that is just over-the-top exciting!  God truly is helping me, and YOU, MORE than we even realize or know!  He truly is!  Trust that He is leading you today, because, guess what?  He is!!! :)

Hope your Monday is going as well as mine!

Love and Blessings,

Nikki :)

PS~This means that I will not be doing the dual credit program, but I know that God has that all worked out as well.  I am feeling confident at this point that reading literacy is not the direction He is leading me! :) Ha! Ha!