Making Money vs. Storing Treasure

So I am on the look out for a job again to help my family while I build my business.  I've been building my business and ministry while going to school and raising my son for a while. I've never placed a lot of value on money.  It was just a resource for me, and a lot of times I could use other resources to create whatever I needed.  I left my last job in tears after a year and a half because it was destroying my family.  Now it's time to get back into the rat race, and I find myself grieving.  I haven't figured out a way to keep doing ministry and work a full-time job while being a good mother and business woman. Oddly enough, the jobs that want me are full-time.  I feel like I am choosing between what I was meant to do and what others need me to do.  I got by with my job before because I viewed my job as ministry. I loved on families and taught skills that children need in order to do well in this world.  My family keeps asking me if I am getting paid for the ministry that I do, and they give me some crazy look when I tell them no. They see me as working for nothing. I don't know how to ask for money to do ministry.  The real kicker is that I know if I get an interview I can pretty much garauntee that I will get the job. I am very good at selling my abilities and personality.  So here I am looking for a solution to my money vs. ministry issue. Whenever I can't seem to get past something it is because I have a wrong belief or understanding somewhere in the picture.  Today is a day to dig into the word and call out to the Lord until I get my answer.  I don't know how to do this the right way.  Thank God that I don't have to know the answer; I just have to know someone else who does know the answers.  Without God I couldn't figure out how to live. I know that whereever I choose to work, it won't be for money but for the glory of God. If it turns out to be Walmart or the City, it will be as unto the Lord.  Don't get it twisted, only what we do for Christ will last. 

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