Important life choices and their relation to reason

When people hear about moving to Spain they get really excited, hey I do too! It's Europe, there's cool things to see, and they just won the World Cup. Sounds like a blast; and it's bound to be really fun but there's another side to the situation.

When there is change, there is challenge and moving to Spain introduces a lot of huge obstacles. Currently, the Basque Country's 18-25 yr olds are experiencing something close to 40% unemployment. Which, due to youth living with their parents until marriage, isn't that big of a deal for Basque youth. Still a problem though. So, it's in this arena that I bring my unskilled self and non-native language ability to the workplace. To make the proposed budget work, God has got to provide a job for me in the community. I have no idea what's in store, but He has to show up or this mission is over. I'm looking forward to seeing what He'll do.

If we look at that situation from a logical point of view, it would be unwise to make a move to Spain with such uncertain outcomes. The only way to go about such a task is to take the Bible in hand and find direction. Proverbs 3:5-6 leaps out at me:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understandings. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight your path.

I need the Lord to straighten this path out, because it's currently facing off of a cliff. I would like to encourage everyone who has a challenge in their lives to reflect on whether it is being observed with a biblical perspective. We can understand a situation to be hard, but all of our hearts should be trusting the Lord.

You have bills to pay, schools to choose from, relationship issues to deal with, and life decisions to make. Don't rule something out because you have leaned on your own understanding.