I'm quitting graphic/web design.

Some of you are probably surprised by me saying this, and disappointed.  I'm quitting graphic design and web design.

You're probably thinking "Joey, it was your dream!" or "you were so good at it, you had a future in it!".

First of all, no, it was not my dream.  God had told me, when I was a teenager, that I was supposed to go into ministry.  Graphic and web design was not my dream, it was a compromise i made.  My parents wanted me to continue to do something computer related since I was already so into that until that point where God told me I was supposed to go into ministry.  If I was going to do anything with computers, it would be something more on the creative side, (I had tried networking, but eventually found it wasn't my thing) so graphic design was it.  But it was a compromise, not a dream. 

Second of all, just because you're good at something, it doesn't necessarily mean that's what I'm supposed to do.  I'm a musician, and as a musician, I've found I'm very good at understanding the copyright laws when it comes to music, where others lack knowledge.  That does not mean I should go become a lawyer.  Both becoming a lawyer and being a graphic designer are outside of the anointing God has given me.

I AM AN ARTIST!  I will say that!  That is well inside the anointing God has given me.  I AM A MUSICIAN!  That, too, is inside the anointing God has given me.  I HAVE A DESIRE TO WORK WITH YOUTH, particularly in some youth-related ministry. 

So, I'm done with this graphic design mess I've been tricking myself into just to make others happy.  I love my parents, but they were totally missing God on this.  Of course for people who are into Freemasonry or Order of the Eastern Star, it's pretty easy to miss God on a lot of things.  Yes, I am speaking out against Freemasonry and Order of the Eastern Star even as my parents are involved in it.  But that's another subject.

So, I'm done with graphic design.  I will go back to retail, food services, or wherever else I need to be, at least until I'm done with ministry school.  I'd rather work those jobs and be in the will of God than work in a career that others have dreamed for me.