French Quarter in the morning

I find that I'm constantly asking the question "What's next?" And I'm constantly getting a "wait and see" response. The other night I was watching the Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (extended version) with my friend, and I was thinking about how much this relates to life. I mean, OK, we don't battle Orks or goblins (though in the spiritual warfare realm, that's probably closer to the truth), and we don't have elves running around with their bows and arrows doing really cool things with horses. At least as far as we know.

But there is a sense of hope in those movies and reality that I can kind of understand where they're coming from. One thing that was said in the movie is "my path is hidden from me." How often do I feel that way. Sometimes, I know or I at least have a sense of which direction God is leading me to go. Other times, I have absolutely no idea. Like now. I can see myself going in so many different directions, but I don't know where I'm going to end up. I have all these questions that linger that deal with decisions that have to be made, and I will make them as the time comes, but I just wish I knew now which direction I'm supposed to go in.

For those of you reading, this may not make much sense to you, but I'm trying to figure it out as I write.

So anyway, this morning my roommate and I went down to the French quarter to do a little prayer walking and just to see the city. It's an amazing city with all the different people with their tattoos and dogs and really cool houses. Even at 9A.M. Bourbon Street was still alive. It's just such a neat place, and for right now, I'm really grateful that God has brought me to New Orleans. I'm gaining an education that I've never dreamed of from the people that I meet, the relationships that I'm forming, the jobs that I'm working, and so many other things. I cannot see the future. I cannot see even the next step right now. So I'm doing what God has called me to do right now, and when the time comes to take the next step, I pray that I will walk in the direction of God's leading.