Faith versus Common Sense

As expected, last week was a very busy week. We had Vacation Bible School at church every night from Sunday through Thursday with Family Night on Friday night. Our VBS was very successful this year. Several kids indicated an interest in becoming a Christian. My son actually prayed and asked Jesus into his heart! We are thrilled! What a great joy as a parent to see your child make this decision!

I was a little concerned at first. I mean, he is quite young, ( 7 1/2 ) but after my hubby and I talked to him, I was convinced he knew exactly what he was doing and why. So now we are waiting to see when his baptism is scheduled. I have several family members that are planning on making the hour-long trip to see him get baptized. That will be a special day. I plan on buying him a nice Bible and giving it to him on that day.

A word on my hubby's seminary quest: Nothing. The word is nothing. God is still allowing nothing to happen. Hubby has not found a night job that would allow him to go to school during the day. He needs a part-time night job with good pay and good benefits. Not easy to come by.

This is my question to you and to God....Where should my common sense end and my faith begin? This is what I mean, if hubby is offered a job making $3 less an hour than he needs to make to pay all our bills, is God expecting us to use our common sense to say, "No, we can't take that job. It's impossible." Or is that where we should say, "No, we can't pay all our bills on $3 less an hour, but with God all things are possible."?

Does anybody get what I am saying? I'm having alot of trouble with common sense versus faith. Common sense tells you not to run out in the interstate at rush hour. Common sense tells you not to touch a red-hot stove eye. But if you had enough faith, could you say, "I'm running across these five lanes of traffic, and I have faith that God will keep me safe."

I brought this up to my hubby and he actually had a very good explanation. He basically said God would never ask you to do anything on faith that would bring you harm. Like running across five lanes of traffic. However, God might ask you to take a huge pay cut in order to bring Him glory and put you in His will, i.e., attending seminary.

I don't know. I want to have faith. I think I do have faith. But when it comes down to the livelihood of my family and my children having food to eat, maybe I'm still too self-reliant.

I want my hubby in seminary to become a marriage & family therapist. I believe this is God's calling on his life. Right now though, it seems like God called Him and then forgot Him. He wouldn't do that would he?

BTW, I realized that this month makes 6 months my hubby has been free from porn. His last binge was in January. That was the worst month of our entire marriage. I thought it was ending. God really worked a miracle in our relationship. Why is it then so hard for me to believe He can work another one and get my hubby in school? Please, God, give me the faith.