Just be thankful you have options...

So I was whining, err…writing about career choices and whether your full-time work position is your passion, and if it isn’t, should you quit and run after what is your passion? And then what do you do if you don’t know what your passion is? Then you’re really cooked, aren’t you?

Now, if my current employer happens upon this post, let me say that I am happy
doing what I am doing. I like the work and the people. It’s just not as
financially satisfying as I hoped, which makes me feel as if maybe I have
“missed the boat” somehow. But that doesn’t mean I’m ready to quit and walk
away. I’ve been unemployed. It’s not something that I, my wonderful and
understanding wife, and my four kids enjoyed.

Of course, just as I opened the question of “shouldn’t my job be more than just a paycheck?”, then I get a phone message stating that a potential opportunity still awaits for me in a different (yet related) field than where I have spent 15 of the 17 years of my professional life. Hmmm.

It makes me tired, all of these “options.”

I have a very strong Christian faith. I’m not your run-of-the-mill reactionary Christian. I question things. I don’t swallow everything that Christian leaders say just because they say it.

But my faith is unshakable. I believe in God. I accept that the only true way to heaven is through a belief in the death, resurrection and ascension of God’s only Son, Jesus Christ.

I thought, however, that life’s decisions were supposed to be easier to decode. How do I decide between 2 good opportunities? Both have risks and rewards. Aren’t I supposed to see a spotlight on the one that God has prepared for me? And if I can’t figure out which is the “right” one, does that mean that my faith is weak? But wait, can’t God take any situation and turn it for good?

It was supposed to be easier than this, right?

igmo