SWEET CONFUSION

Am I insane?  Just days after the church vote in Tucson (which went very well) I had an interview with a small college in central Ohio.  They too offered me a position!  So here I was forced to decide between a GREAT church in AZ and a GREAT teaching job - something I've long sensed a call towards.  How does one decide?  I didn't want money to be the deal maker (that's just sleezy), but I didn't know how I could determine the will of the Lord.

Since they just wanted to interview me, my wife didn't drive the hour from our family's place to the school.  Unfortunately, however, that also meant she could not have a "feel" for the place either.  I prayed on the way down that the Lord would open a door so she could get a clear leading that I could compare to my own. 

Well, it was great; in the conversation about me coming the president of the university asked what my wife did.  I told him and he straightaway asked if she'd be willing to come in for an interview!  To make a long story short they offered her a job she'll really love and I felt the Lord had answered our prayers for guidance.

Why is it, though, that these wonderful people in AZ had to go through the dashed hopes of setting their hearts on a pastor whom they lost before he even arrived?  It seems so sad.  And why is it that these decisions are never easy?