WOW. It's been almost a whole month since I posted last. This serves as proof of how crazy life can be sometimes.
On August 6th, we flew to Connecticut to spend time with my mom and my stepdad and some family. Connecticut is beautiful. I spent 15 years of my life there, and it still feels like home, even after living elsewhere for 7 years. We had some awesome God-given opportunities to witness to two of my friends while we were there. Many of the people that live in the Bible belt have no idea how secularized life is up there. I mean, the Christian music section in Wal-Mart is half the size! Must not be a lot of demand. People in general keep their "religious views" to themselves. Churches are few and far between. If my research is correct, there's only 2 churches running over 1000 on Sunday morning service in the whole state. What a mission field.
But it was great to go up there. It was so relaxing, sitting out on the screened in porch in my old house, having my quiet time in the morning. It was great to unwind after the recent pressures at work.
I'm not sure if I have talked about this yet, but I have been placed in a position of authority at my job. Not a manager, just in charge. I know, it's complicated. But there might be management opportunities in the future if I do a good job. If not, this is great leadership prep for ministry! It's amazing the things I don't know about leadership. I've had to rely heavily on my dad, who's been in management-type jobs since he was in the army 7 years ago or so. So naturally, he's a huge database of management info (no, I'm not calling him huge. :D )
So getting my feet wet in "pre-management" has been stressful, mostly because I've been stubbornly trying to do it on my own and not doing it God's way as much as I should. But it's improving after only a month, and I have positive expectations for the future.
I also was sick this week, which was partially due to a virus and partially because I stayed up all night Saturday night, which really messes with my immune system. I haven't thanked God for my health in a while, which I should. I thanked Him this week. There's a lesson in everything.
Hopefully I'll be better about posting more regularly. Pray for me.
1 comment:
Josh,
I really enjoy what you share in your blog. You are a great inspiration to me because I struggle with the same kinds of things in life. Thank you for sharing. Try to post more than once a month thou; I'll bet you have a lot more you could share with us.
Management is a real pain sometimes. It's a field that is quite rewarding personally, but never really appreciated by anyone else. You need to do a lot of reading if you're going to take it all the way. Everyone has their own management style so don't think you have to do things as other managers have done in your past. Do what feels right to you and never get behind in the paperwork. That seems to haunt you more than anything.
Pray constantly and ask to be in God's will.
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