Hey everyone, I am in dire need of prayers over the next 2 weeks or so. Here's my situation.
I'm currently working but have applied to a couple of Graduate Schools. My current job doesn't really challenge me and I really felt God was calling me to get a M.S. so that I would have more career opportunities and hopefully have a better chance of reaching some of my long-term goals. Graduate schools in my field (atmospheric sciences) offer fellowships and assistantships to students, which pretty much covers tuition plus you get a decent stipend. It's practically just a job. Well funding is tight this year and I got put on the waiting list at both schools I applied to, meaning I won't receive a fellowship or assistantship unless some who has already been offered one declines theirs.
So this basically leads to a lot of confusion because I really felt that God was calling me to this, and now to be this close to being rejected makes second guess whether it's really what God wants me to do.
If I don't receive funding for these schools, I could still technically attend graduate classes, but I would have to get a part-time job in an unrelated field (let's say at Wal-mart or whatever) to pay for tuition (my fiance and I are getting married this summer and she'll be earning plenty to pay for other expenses). Or I could simply remain where I am, try again next year...or just scrap the idea of grad school altogether and find another way to reach my goals.
So it comes down to needing prayers. I first ask for prayers that if it be God's will, that something comes up in the next week or two and I am offered funding. If not, I ask for prayers that God will show me the path he wants me to choose, and that I may not be influenced by my own feelings or opinions. I really want to choose the path God intends for me, but I first need the wisdom to discern which path that is.
I appreciate all your prayers. You guys will be in mine.
-Matt
I'm currently working but have applied to a couple of Graduate Schools. My current job doesn't really challenge me and I really felt God was calling me to get a M.S. so that I would have more career opportunities and hopefully have a better chance of reaching some of my long-term goals. Graduate schools in my field (atmospheric sciences) offer fellowships and assistantships to students, which pretty much covers tuition plus you get a decent stipend. It's practically just a job. Well funding is tight this year and I got put on the waiting list at both schools I applied to, meaning I won't receive a fellowship or assistantship unless some who has already been offered one declines theirs.
So this basically leads to a lot of confusion because I really felt that God was calling me to this, and now to be this close to being rejected makes second guess whether it's really what God wants me to do.
If I don't receive funding for these schools, I could still technically attend graduate classes, but I would have to get a part-time job in an unrelated field (let's say at Wal-mart or whatever) to pay for tuition (my fiance and I are getting married this summer and she'll be earning plenty to pay for other expenses). Or I could simply remain where I am, try again next year...or just scrap the idea of grad school altogether and find another way to reach my goals.
So it comes down to needing prayers. I first ask for prayers that if it be God's will, that something comes up in the next week or two and I am offered funding. If not, I ask for prayers that God will show me the path he wants me to choose, and that I may not be influenced by my own feelings or opinions. I really want to choose the path God intends for me, but I first need the wisdom to discern which path that is.
I appreciate all your prayers. You guys will be in mine.
-Matt
May God bless you with perserverance, and may His Spirit guide you to His truth and opportunities. 
You'll be in my prayers. 
