The Schlaiss Family

To say that I am anxious is an understatement. School starts in less than a week and I have yet to even land an interview. I know God has some awesome plan for my life, but I can't help feeling nervous about this whole job future thing. I know I'm not the financial provider in our family, but at times I feel pathetic, like I don't contribute much to our little family. I know these are all lies I tell myself, but at times its hard to believe anything else. Never in a million years would I ever have thought that it would take this long to get a teaching job or even an interview...I know this is God's way of breaking me. Only when I truly trust in His guidance and will for my life will the answers become so perfectly clear as to what I'm supposed to do. When I think about my future a thousand emotions come to mind: anxious, excited, nervous, impatient, leery, naive, hopeful, etc. I need to stop focusing on things that I THINK I need (my teaching job) and trust that God is in control. Who knows maybe teaching isn't my thing and God has another career in mind?

Matthew 6:31-34

"Do not be anxious then, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'With what shall we clothe ourselves?' "For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.