Take Time to Pray

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding

Proverbs 3:5

Patience. Trust.

Two things I am working really hard on right now. I find myself spending my days working for free. Yes, that is right. Working for FREE. Yes, my graduate degree was expensive and yes, I need to start paying back the federal government for the money they loaned me. But no, I work for free. Why? I am trying to listen to God. I had the incredible privledge of doing a clinical rotation at a faith based health center where every day started with a staff led devotion. Seriously, how many people get to go to work where a coworker shares God’s word with you and you have the opportunity to pray for each other all before your work day begins?!?! Coming from my career in the public school system, this is so incredibly out of the ordinary!

Daily, I find myself keeping busy and finding tasks to do, reading research articles, putting ideas on paper for this potential job that we keep having meetings about. I want this to work out, I feel like God is leading me in this direction. But how many times have I stopped the busy work and just prayed about it? Not every often I hate to admit. So my goal for today (one day at a time, right?) is to pray about my future job, whatever and wherever it may be. And I think I will also pray for the money not run out before I get this future job!

God, I place my humble needs before you: My need to meet my responsibilities in the world. My need to use my God-given talents and abilities. My need to fulfill my place here on earth. I pray for Your guidance now to show me the way to the perfect opportunity to do what I love, to do what I can do well, and what will fulfill my needs mentally, spiritually, and financially. But most of all, my need to glorify You. Help me to walk in faith as You show me the way!
Thank You, Father. Amen.