Prayer for wisdom, perspective and direction

I just received 2 surveys in my e-mail. The first was work and the second was healthcare.  Each was very revealing, especially given the plans for my day.

At 9:00am I have a job interview.  Receiving and accepting the position would mean a move back to my home state.  It has the potential to bring more stability and coI believe it will also bring a change to the structure of my family which could be very good and healing.  It means being closer to my step-kids, closer to my parents and some of my closer extended family.  It means a change in our environment (we've enjoyed the warm weather for the last 6 years) and a change in our support network (it would be a return to old friends which would be nice).

I have been praying for a change in perspective or a move for a while now.  I went after the position I'm in now with all my heart.  It has been so terrific for so many reasons, it opened my eyes to a dream I've had for a very long time and to the possibilities of how that dream would be fulfilled. I've realized that I took the job selfishly, so it had a price that has caused some hardship.  I've also realized that God continues to use every decision and every experience to create, and to build a trust and relationship with Him.

The survey today had me answering questions about work/life balance, what makes for a good work environment, how I currently feel/think about my workplace (all aspects) and what considerations I'm currently going through.  This survey was appropriate and very timely (spiritually connected to God's slip-stream) this morning. It helped to bring current conditions at home and work, current ideals about home and work, and current provisions at home and work into direct perspective. In other words, I feel like God gave me a little prep-survey for things to come.

I was able to connect with what my ideals are in terms of:

• Work/life balance
• The foundation I want to build life on
• Things that are most important to me
• What I look for in employment and employer
• What skills and experience I can bring to the table

Remembering and taking to heart the simple fact that this is all in effort to ensure a life mission to my Ultimate Employer, in Christ, is the foundation the whole cake and eating it too is based on. 

 “No one can serve two {employers], for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." 

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” Matt 6: 24-26