Major Decisions

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Hello all. I need your advice!!! And I have heard ‘do whatever you feel is best’ from a million people, so if i could get some real serious thoughts here it would be great. I need to let the University know by noon on Thursday what I intend to do.

I have major decisions in my future. Northern State University has offered me a job in their center for Statewide E-Learning. My school has offered me my contract back as well. I have to decide which job is the one that God wants me to have. I have decided to make a pro/cons list to share with you and see which you decide is worth it:

Northern State University:

PRO:
University Job.
Stable employment
Chances to share faith and such
daily mass/adoration opportunities
My girlfriend lives here
Chance to ‘get out on my own’ away from my family
I won’t have be at this job forever.
more people to spend time with.
Master’s classes are right next door to my office.
As is the ability to get other teaching accreditations
Groceries are cheaper, more choices for food, more often.
drive only a few blocks to work, thus saving gas
could go back to my old doctor that recently moved to aberdeen.

CON:
My family isn’t there.
Its not teaching.
I’d have to move.
Its virtually the same pay that i’m making now
loans won’t be forgiven while working there, thus more of my pay is going to go towards loan payments.
further away from Latin Masses

STAYING IN EDEN (actual name of my hometown!)

PRO:
Costs less to live here.
House is already ready for me to buy, no need to find a place.
Small town living at its finest.
Ranch is here.
I will be working with kids full-time.
I can get a Master’s for virtually free
I have some student loans getting paid off while teaching up here.
I really enjoy my job!
closer to Latin Masses and the Interstate

CONS:
My girlfriend isn’t here.
Not many people to visit with here.
Very little faith sharing/support
No daily Mass on a regular basis here.
gets lonely
Dont’ get to TLM’s anyways because no one to go with.
drive 30 miles to work a day already, thus wasting gas and $$.
still looking for a new primary care doctor.

So there. there are a lot of decisions to make and choices to decide upon. I’m going to offer them up to God and let it be done according to his will.

Amen, so be it.

Thank you so much for you help!
 
J†M†J
I will pray for your decision in my rosary tonight.

God Bless
In Jesus through Mary
Steve
 
Reading your pro and con i think you have already made your decision, you just need to say it out loud will pray for you :signofcross:
 
Two things stand out for me: 1) being/not being with your girlfriend 2) attending Daily Mass

It seems these are you two items that are holding you back from making a decision. I guess I would ask myself how important it is to be with your girlfriend and to be able to attend Mass frequently and nearby. Sleep on it - so will I - and I’ll pray for an answer. God bless you whatever you decide. Our Lord won’t fail you!
 
Praying for your intentions.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.
 
bknebel, Life’s decisions can sometimes seem overwhelmingly difficult. You have my sympathy! My direction in this matter would be meaningless, however.

I do know that God’s Will be done, no matter what we set our minds to. When faced with tough decisions, I pray fervently to God, that he guide me with all his infinite wisdom in fulfilling his Will for me. This requires on my part complete and total faith that he will help me make the choice with me and for me, and whichever it is, it will be for my greater good. Quite often, obstacles appear in my way when I attempt to make a choice, and no matter how hard I try, I cannot proceed along a chosen path… Thus, I know he is working with me, guiding me. I pray that he guides you on your path bknebel, and that he blesses you with success and joy in your future.

O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul… I adore You.
Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me.
Tell me what I should do… give me Your orders.
I promise to submit myself to all that you desire of me and to accept all that You permit to happen to me.
Let me only know Your will.
Amen.
 
Thank you, everyone for your prayers and kind responses. I still don’t know which direction God is leading me, but I do know that I will make the decision he wants of me, simply because I’m bringing him into it. If I were trying to go it on my own, that would be cause for alarm, but I’m trying to seek the Lord’s will and I have complete trust that he won’t leave me hanging.

One blessing about the University job is that there is no contract. This means to me that if I decide that this is not where I am to be, I can leave in a heartbeat. I like that and it comforts me.

I need to go now and help my father and brother with some cattle. The joys of being among family ranching!
 
Keeping all your decision in daily prayer. May The Holy Spirit be your guide and inspiration…
 
Thanks all for the prayers and support. I have decided to take the university job. There are many factors that came into the decision, but it all came down to me wanting to e in an environment where my faith could grow more.

Again, thanks for the prayers!

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM!
 
Praying for Gods will to be done in your situation and may the Holy Spirit guide you as to what you need to do.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
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