Spiritual GPS anyone??!

I received this article from a friend (thanks Kim!) not too long ago...
Speaks of what I'm going through lately...

Yet still I tend to be a guidebook kind of girl in my non-Venice life. I like making plans and keeping my calendar and anticipating events. Life, however, doesn't usually come with a guidebook or guaranteed itinerary—and certainly God isn't confined to the likes of a Frommer's. The Book we have for life's journey is more like a travel narrative than a list of MapQuest directions.

Lately I've been desperate for such directions, for I've been a bit lost in several areas of life. I have an opportunity for a big change at work, I've come to a crossroads in one particular relationship, and I need to make a decision about my involvement in a nonprofit organization. Plus, I'm facing the daunting task of choosing new living room carpet!

As I've wrestled with these decisions, I've wished for some kind of spiritual GPS to take me wherever I'm supposed to go. "If God would just show me what to do, I'd do it!" I whined to a friend recently. She gently reminded me that the only time God offered his plan via writing on the wall didn't turn out so well. King Belshazzar received a sobering pronouncement of God's judgment, not glamorized Cliff's notes of God's will (Daniel 5).

So I'm left feeling uncertain of the next step—and sometimes even of the destination—wondering why God doesn't hand us a minute-by-minute itinerary and send us on our way. But we probably wouldn't learn much trust if, every time we came to a crossroads, a preprogrammed voice told us, "Turn left now." If we always knew precisely where we were going, we wouldn't really be practicing faith.

And God may have some adventures for us off the main drag, through the back alleys. Adventures we'd miss if we stuck to the safe, well-marked paths we expect and plan on our own.

So wherever I am—in Italy or at work or in a relationship … or at the carpet store—I want to be open to putting aside my itinerary. After all, God walks this journey with me, whether on the touristy track or well off the beaten path. And his presence is better than Frommer's any day.

(Read the full article here)

I'm at a point in my life where I'm wishing that God would just grant me a spiritual GPS.
"Just tell me where and what you want me to do please!!!"
Yet, I know He doesn't work in that way.
Crap.
I still don't know what He wants from me but I'm not giving up...
For now, I'm waiting... and waiting... and waiting...

He'll speak up...

Sooner or later.