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 Darcie Smith
Like many people my age, I was looking for the next step in my life. I knew that I wanted to attend graduate school, so I began looking at graduate schools in the area of interpersonal communications. I did not feel a real peace about the search of graduate schools, so I continued to pray for God to show me where I was supposed to go after I finished my education at Wingate University. Last summer, while attending the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, I felt my calling. In the middle of the worship services, in the middle of one of the hymns, I felt called to further my Christian education and go to seminary. I was ecstatic that I finally felt the peace I had been seeking, and I immediately began touring the seminary booths that were at the assembly. I was drawn to BTSR because I felt like it would be a challenging and nurturing environment where I would be encouraged as a woman seeking to serve God.
Over the past Christmas break, I attended the Antiphony Conference in Birmingham, AL. I had been questioning if I was really prepared to enter seminary. I needed a moment of reassurance in my calling. That was exactly what this conference offered me. Dr. Tom Graves said something at that conference that made a big impact on my journey of calling. He said that there will be a certain amount of doubt when you experience your calling, and you will feel unworthy of it. These words were exactly what I needed to hear in regards to my own feelings about my calling. I know that seminary is the next step in fulfilling my calling
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