When Tim found out that he would be out of work at the end of December, we both kind of concluded that our window for only looking for a job that would allow us to stay here will run out at the end of January.  At that point, our finances, and the time it would take to go through an interview process and potentially move, will make it necessary to apply to any jobs that seem like a fit, so that something can hopefully be found before money runs out.  Well, this week is the closing of that window.  Sunday is February 1st.  Up until now, nothing has shown much hope of working out.  Today, though, he got a reply from a job he applied to, asking to set up an interview for Friday afternoon.  It’s just an interview…a long way from a job offer…but it’s something.  I really felt like God promised to answer, to provide before we have to go scrambling, looking for something somewhere we don’t feel led to be, but I’m having a hard time hoping that this interview on Friday is the answer.  I don’t want to be even more disappointed if next week comes and we’re still at square one.  But, at the same time, I want to have faith that God can and will come through for us.

So, I’d like to ask for prayer, if you’re reading this.  Obviously, if this job that he’s interviewing for on Friday could work out – if it was the type of work Tim can excel at, if it would pay enough, if they would offer him a job – that would be huge.  But if not, we could really use prayer for direction, for peace, for wisdom, for faith.  It just doesn’t seem like a good plan to continue only pursuing jobs that would keep us here, just because we want to stay.  We want to be responsible, and also recognize that it’s possible that what we want is not what God wants in this.  I don’t think that’s the case, but there isn’t enough certainty to bank our family’s well-being on what, at this point, amounts to little more than feelings.