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I Took Up Christian Counseling for Five Years in Seminary
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. — Philippians 1:6
Five years ago, I have enrolled myself in seminary to take up my master’s degree in Christian Counseling. A year before that was like a thug-of-war if either I have to pursue it or just take another course that would propel my career. The moment I decided to pull the trigger to enroll, I knew it will be one of the toughest life decisions I have made my entire life. Yet, pretty sure that it is one of the best ones as well. My experience in seminary surely was not a walk in the park, but it will always be one of the best memories I will keep my entire life.
Why Christian Counseling?
Choosing my major in seminary was a tough call. I was about to start taking counseling as a secular course a year before I entered Alliance Graduate School. However, there has been a part of me to choose something that I know would develop my character as I pursue God’s calling for my life. Counseling has been very close to my heart since college, I really desired to pursue psychology as my major. However, with life’s turn of events, I could not do so due to both financial constraint and I passed my course in Mathematics. By no means I am a good mathematician. It’s just…
