Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A nudge ?

Have you ever heard people say that they feel that God is leading toward something ? Have you ever personally felt that God was leading you in a certain direction ? Now for the toughie, Have you ever felt that God was giving you that nudge, however it is a nudge in a direction that you have no clue as to why ? How about when you feel that nudge towards something that seems silly or you feel that nudge towards something that seems so insignificant that you question if you are misreading that it is a nudge by God in the first place?
Ok Now at this point many of you , who know how odd I am to begin with, are questioning if I need a nice vacation in the padded room I am sure, but honestly, I really do feel that God is calling on me, not for the stuff that he calls upon me to do all of the time, like buy a bag of groceries and take them to so and so , or Call so and so and see if they need anything, or red out Robby's closet and send his outgrown gently used clothing to so and so so that their children , who are one size smaller than he , will have clothes to wear to school when it starts in a few days. No, the nudge that I am feeling right now is different. I am feeling the nudge to fly to LA and let my boys compete in The ISKF National tournament. When I first heard that the tournament was in LA I pretty much dismissed it as too far and expensive but as time went on, I got E mails for special flight deals and my oldest son started really talking about it. Not necessarily in terms of going but more matter of factly. I just blew it off at first but then Michael made a comment Sunday as we drove home from church. The comment was about aspiring for a collage ShotoKan scholarship. Not just aspiring but he honestly sounded like he seen it like it was in the bag. This comment wouldn't have shocked me at all a few years ago when Michael was the youngest in the USA to earn his black belt and was winning every tournament in his age group that he competed in. Yes, college coaches were taking notice and his future looked promising. Then, however came the fall of his feet and the year worth of surgeries and recovery . Michael tried to get back to karate as soon as possible but had some unforeseen set backs and started and had to stop for more recovery before he was able to resume. Praise God, he did recover and has been back since January. The road has been hard and Michael has and still is struggling to get back where he was. Does he still have a shot at a scholarship ? I don't know. Being out of sight for a year surely left room for others to move up, furthermore, even if we do go to LA, does Michael still have what it takes to win and regain attention ? I wish I had the answers, I really do. I really wish that I had the answer to is God nudging me to make the reservations and go and see ? After all God can get Michael back where he needs to be to be recruited . I guess that I have some praying to do. Didn't someone once say that the vocation of Motherhood was supposed to be easy ?Shoot, I guess that my ulcers are right in saying..... I don't think so !