Job Leads

I have been over the past couple of weeks looking for a job. I've made my resume and worked on registering with job boards and such. I've applied for several non-ministry jobs, including Verizon Wireless, Customer Service Manager, Plasma Donation Coordinator, Community and social service specialist, etc. But I have also applied for ministry jobs: a chaplain position, youth pastor at several different churches and family pastor at another. I've also applied back at Catawba Island Club for part-time work. The money there was so good that it would be worth the drive once or twice a week.

But I have to tell you that I really need to find a ministry position. I know that that is what I am supposed to be doing. So pray that God opens the doors for this to happen.

Funny story though: I applied for a Customer service Manager position through a job board. I received an email from the recruiter that said very shortly that I did not meet the requirements. I was quite confident that he did not read my resume in its in entirity, so I emailed him back, a little on the flippant side and basically told him how I did meet his described qualifications.

He called me within five minutes of my sending the response. Of course, I let the answering machine pick it up. He explains how he wants to speak with me about the position and how he knew one of my previous employers. So I waited 24 hours and called him back.

He spends 15 minutes explaining to me about how he came to be recruiting for this job and what the exact requirements were. None of which were listed on the job posting. I met the qualifications listed on the job posting. I did not meet the qualifications that he was explaining. So I interrupted him and said, "Excuse me, sir, I have to stop you. These qualifications were not what was listed on the job posting, and if this is what you need, I have to tell you outright I don't meet those qualifications."

He says, "I know. That's not why I wanted to talk to you. I called you back because my church needs a youth pastor." MY JAW DROPPED....

Long story short, we talked for quite a while, and he told me to think about it and let him know.

I called Rob and told him...he said "I think someone is trying to tell you to be a youth pastor!" Other than my education on my resume and my volunteer work, I never once mentioned to this guy that I was looking for a ministry position. Our whole conversation is basically stated above.

I have really been throwing around in my head what exactly God is having me do. I was just talking to someone the other day who said they felt lost. Like they didn't know what God had in store for them. I had to tell them that all of us who truly hand everything over to God feel that way. Look at me, I know I am called for full-time ministry, to serve God and to share the Gospel. But what I don't know is the when, what, where and how of it. I know that I am where I am supposed to be. I know that I am getting the education that God wants me to be getting. I know that he is preparing me, but for what...I can't exactly tell you. He's in control. He opens the doors and lights the path. My job is just to follow.

So we'll see where I'm going...life is definitely an adventure!