A Peace that Passes All Understanding

As most of you know who have been keeping up with my posts, I am trying to figure out what the Lord would have me to do regarding this coming fall and spring and school. Through seeking the Lord and His leading I can say that I have an idea as to what I need to be doing. Preparing for the ministry. Drew is looking to become a youth pastor. He is studying and learning in school and at his home church what he needs to to be a great youth pastor. I need to do what I can to learn how to be a great youth pastors wife. Right now I have a six thousand dollar debt from school that I need to pay off before me and Drew get married. That debt could become a problem in the ministry. So, this fall I am going to be working two jobs to pay off this debt as soon as possible before any interest kicks in. It kicks in next Christmas. Then next summer begins the training!!! I am going to counsel at the Wilds!! It is something I have always wanted to do and something that Drew said will help me alot in the ministry!! Hopefully by then I will have had my debt paid off. It is my goal.
About a month ago I was really struggling with whether I should go back to school and then trying to decide which school. I would love to be able to go back to BJU, but with finances and time short I was looking into some community colleges where I could just finish. Everytime I thought about going back to school or looked into a new college I would get an odd feeling in my stomach. Something didn't feel right. So, I prayed. I took a week and just prayed. I feel God calling me in another direction other than Interior Design. Yes, I love to decorate and help people decorate and give them ideas and stuff, but my heart has changed. What I want more than anything is to serve God in the ministry. To work with kids. To help kids grow. To lead kids to Jesus Christ. That is where my heart is. My heart is in the ministry. To do anything else would be to go against what I know God would have me to do. Ever since I made the decision to not go back to school, but to pay off my debt and then go to camp next summer I have had a peace in my heart. I know that this is the right decision. People have told me many times that I will regret not finishing my degree, but I don't see how that is possible when it is so obvious what I am supposed to be doing. Pursuing interior design will do nothing for eternity. Serving God with my life, that will count for eternity.
Since my mom passed away I think alot about what heaven is like and what my mom is doing. I guess I have more of a focus here on earth to make things count for heaven instead of doing what I know will only bring earthly gain.
There is no way that I could ever regret this decision because when I think about it I would rather help others see the awesome goodness and love of God than to help someone pick out a window treatment or rearrange their living room. When put in that perspective it is easy to see why I have the peace that can only come from God above!