I m struggling with a tough Job decision!

[InGodweTrust]

Hello, I m struggling with a tough decision and I was wanting to ask you guys to pray for me, and I m looking for good sound Christian advice. I Know the final decision is mine, but I wanted some other opinions, from mature Christians.

My problem is I work for the railroad and have always wanted to be a locomotive engineer since I was a kid. This March I will have the chance to do so if I choose it. The problem is that choosing to do this will require me to give up my terminal job which allows me to attend church regularly and perform duties in church. If I choose to be a engineer I will be on call which will interfere with my church attendance and my job i have in church now. I do have hope of eventually holding a weekend off job on the road, but it will probably be some time.

If I choose to stay in the terminal I will probably make engineer eventually and will work jobs that have regular off days, but it will be a while before I can hold weekends off as a terminal engineer.

Road engineers make a considerable amount more than terminal engineers, but are gone from home a lot more! Considering some of the things that have happened in the rail industry I think I will have much better job security on the road than in the terminal, but I also know that we are to live by faith.

I have the chance to fulfill a childhood dream, but at what cost? I do not want to get to the end of life to have the Lord say that I chose the railroad over him. I know I can serve him away from church, but I know church attendance is important. I know devout Christians working the road who can t attend church as much as they would like because of the job. But they go when they can. I know God blesses us with our jobs and I am thankful for my job, and the chance to provide for me and my wife, and the chances he has blessed me with to make a stand and serve him.

I am struggling over this issue. This is one of the toughest decisions I have ever had to make. Am I being selfish to think of choosing the road? I could be just delaying the inevitable by choosing the terminal, and still wind up working Sunday and missing church. What do you guys think? Would it be sin for me to follow a dream?

 

[desi]

If you are single do it, if you are married wait.

 

[Blessed-one]

um, on the church issue alone, there you have the answer. We should give God our time right?

 

[InGodweTrust]

If you are single do it, if you are married wait.

I am married but my wife don t care one way or the other. A few years ago I worked the road for almost 2 years so she knows what it is about. All of the guys (and the christians guys) at work keep saying I would be crazy to pass on it. They tell me that you have to think about your family.

 

[Pseud]

Listen to your heart; the answer is etched into it.

 

[desi]

I am married but my wife don t care one way or the other. A few years ago I worked the road for almost 2 years so she knows what it is about. All of the guys (and the christians guys) at work keep saying I would be crazy to pass on it. They tell me that you have to think about your family.

If your wife knows about it, what does she say and how did you relate with her during your road time 2 years ago?

 

[tasada]

um, on the church issue alone, there you have the answer. We should give God our time right?

wow, really? So if i never go to church God can't have a role in my life? Are you really saying that the only time we give to God is when we're sitting in church?

 

[InGodweTrust]

If your wife knows about it, what does she say and how did you relate with her during your road time 2 years ago?

She tells me to pray about the situation. It was good in away because when I went on a trip she was always so glad to see me when I got home. Absence makes the heart grow fonder I guess.