Divine Providence

Have you ever felt like sometimes it's almost better to have only one option rather than having to discern God's will amidst multiple options?  As we try to discern job decisions and financial options year to year, I often feel that way.

There's a joke about a guy who drowned sitting on the roof of his house in a flood.  He had refused a rescue boat and plane (and something else), saying that he was trusting God to rescue him.  When he died and went to heaven, he asked God, "Why didn't you save me?"  God replied that he had sent a boat and a plane, but the guy had ignored them.

Sometimes I wonder if God is asking that I blindly trust Him and forge ahead, or if He is offering me the boat and plane, and I'm just over-complicating things.

I always tell my students, "If you are honestly trying to discern God's will for you, I don't think He'll let you royally mess up.  He'll do something if you chose the wrong path to warn you or redirect you to the right path, as long as you continue to be open to His will."

Easy to say; easy to believe on a theoretical level; hard to live when it comes right down to it.

Jesus, I trust in You. 
[Now, please send me a postcard.]