Recently I’ve started thinking that perhaps we put too much stress on decisions that we think are important. Decisions like whether to move. Whether to take a job. Whether to continue going to school.
Because, really, as long as we honor God with our actions, does it matter whether we do it in Indiana or San Diego?
Yes, I think God can have a preference. And we pray that if that is the case, He let it be known. But what if He doesn’t always? What if neither situation is bad for us? What if we could prosper in either situation?
What if He doesn’t care if we prosper? It’s not about materialism… really. I mean, yeah, I’m part of the world and I want stuff. But I know enough about God to know I shouldn’t. And really, we’re closest to God when we’re relying on Him for everything rather than breathing easy with a big paycheck.
But Josh is not going to stay a student forever just so we can remain broke and close to God. He has to be done by May 2012, with or without a degree.
Josh has made it through all but the final round (out of three, I believe) in the scholarship selection. His odds are now 50%. If he gets it, the San Diego job will pay for his schooling and give him a stipend of twice what he’s making now. And he’ll have a guaranteed job when he graduates.
He’s also already gone through the hiring process to just go out and work for them now. Quit school. All that’s left is security details such as proving his not working for terrorist organizations. So if he doesn’t get the scholarship we’ll have to decide. School? Or job.
Why did we ever give up casting lots?
We should know the scholarship results within the week.
I think you’re so right, we do often put a lot of worry and stress into these sorts of choices. And the reality is that God can bless us in any number of situations/circumstances. God can use our family here in the suburbs, or on a college campus in China, or living out in the country in a rural area. We’ve had to come to a place where we move forward with our hopes and dreams, and trust that God will either make it clear which way we should go, or He’ll bless the path that we find ourselves (place ourselves?) on. May your family experience a ton of peace as you are sifting through some big decisions!
we’ve had several moves..(way too many) due to dh’s work…
our motto is go where we’re led to…if it feels right….we pray and hope we do right by the way HE leads us to, but we’re human and fallible…
we haven’t starved yet..and believe he won’t forsake us even if we make a mistake….the thing is this last time the 2 first moves were DISASTERS…..big time, but we never would have landed Here if not for those other 2 moves….so they were stepping stones..we just didn’t know it yet…
i bet HE KNEW!
we plan and HE LAUGHS!!!!
wow!..the best post i’ve seen this week. so good, thanks for bringing perspective to the precious days we have here.
Ah, we’ve been there. Blessings to you during this waiting time. I pray that God will give peace and wisdom to your hearts.
Michele 🙂