Seminary

So I am getting ready to start taking Seminary classes in August.  This is a huge step for me.  I graduated from engineering school in December of 2005.  I knew at that moment I would never step foot on campus to take another class.  I LOVE the University of Alabama.  I am grateful that they accepted all the money that I threw their way to receive a 5 cent piece of paper that cost umpteen thousands of dollars.  Sorry, let me get back on track.  So the only way I was going to go to school is if God told me to.  And He did.  I'm actually pretty excited about it.  I don't know where the time will come from, but I know He will be faithful to allow me to spend the time I need to with my family and his service.  Anyway, I applied to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary because I know a lot of people who have attended or are attending now.  Then it looked more feasible for me to go to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  It is about 4 hours away as compared to 9 and also has an extension center in Birmingham.  I say all that to say this.  Through this whole process I learned something.  God's will is sometimes different for particular situations.  Sometimes he is very specific and clear, you can't shake it.  Sometimes he is more vague, like this case where he told me what to do, but not how.  But I always find rest in knowing a few things that God promises.  If we are faithful, he will bless us.  Not so that we can be blessed, but so that we can be a blessing to others.  Also, that we are to live the lives that he has given us to be a sacrifice of praise.  That means that we are to die to our desires, to fulfill His.  And in return, he gives us the desires of our heart.  In school they taught us that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.  You would think that if we have desires that we should pursue them.  However, to gain our desires, we are to pursue God's will, and in return he gives them to us for His glory.  That way we are not glorified, but He is.  It seems like backward thinking, but God has told us that the wisdom of this world is folly.  Like I said, there are a few things that I know... and the most important is that God is faithful, merciful and just.  This world has given him a bad rap because God doesn't conform to what we want.  We are to conform our wants to His will.