Lord I’ve got a big decision and you’re nowhere in sight…

The question came to a middle-age nurse - trying to decide whether or not to take the promotion to become part of the administration team.

She weighed both options and was sincerely split between remaining where she was and enjoying the freedom of following a schedule someone else set and doing work someone else assigned - or to make a bit more money, have better hours, but become the person who scheduled others and assigned work to others.

‘I keep praying for an answer,’ she confided to her mother. ‘But I don’t seem to get one. How can I know what God wants me to do?’

Her wise mother paused for a moment over their coffee at the kitchen table, then said, 'You can’t.

‘You just have to pause and get in touch with three areas of your life - yourself, your situation, and God.

‘And at the end of the day, we make the best decision when we feel it resonates with the kind of life Jesus lived and lives.’