I got a job!!!

A few weeks ago, I was praying about my job situation and stirring up my faith. I said to G-d, "You'll give me a job in August, won't You. You always give me jobs at the end of the summer."

• August 2004: after a year at an extremely crappy job, I started working at my college's Writing Center (and later supplemented it with a paid editing internship).


• August 2005: after graduating from college, I couldn't find a job all summer; I wouldn't have had the money for the January '06 internship if G-d hadn't provided me with a job at the last minute.


• August 2006: Exactly a year to the day I got a job last August, I finally accepted that work scholarship with Forerunner Media.

I would've accepted the scholarship sooner; I think I was over-spiritualizing the decision. Anyway, I got a confirmation call today from Robert Craig, my new boss. I will be starting on Tuesday. I'll be Operations Staff, which equals 35 hours of service per week, as well as 12 hours of Prayer Room (i.e., two 4-hour prayer meetings I'll do with a prayer room team and one 4-hour block of time I'll do independently).

My first reaction to finalizing my committment was profound relief and then growing excitement. The stress of job-hunting is finally over -- I have a job! Not just any job...as an editor, I'll be doing what I love and what I am good at while gaining valuable experience in the editing field (which, I must say, is very hard to break into). In addition, since I'll be working on the IHOP Missions Base, I'll be able organize my schedule around the prayer room. I'll be saving on gas money and drive time with a commute of only 5-10 minutes. Plus, I will meet more people and get an advance look at new books, CDs, and class syllabi.

This is going to be the coolest job ever. :-D

I'm not gloating or anything; it's just that I seriously cannot believe how blessed I am. I have mostly had such a dismal and unenjoyable employment history that I thought I would never get a job I actually liked. As I job-hunted this summer, all I asked G-d for was a part-time office position that I could tolerate, that would pay the bills, and that wasn't too far away. I got pretty discouraged when I couldn't find anything. I hardly dared imagine that G-d had something better for me. Just goes to show that 1st Cor. 2:9 is right:

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.