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February 27, 2004 8:17 PM

[Still.Searching]

Well, I got the email I've been waiting for this afternoon & it wasn't the message I was hoping to hear. Basically they've called a couple other candidates in for interviews next Monday & "We feel like you would be an asset to our company, but feel led to pursue these other candidates first." The email was short, and kind of cryptic in a way, but clear enough that they're not ready to hire me, at least not yet. He did add: "There are some things happening here that could allow you to join our firm in the near future." This was the cryptic part - not sure what this means. Could mean, "we'll hold onto your resume." Could mean, "we may create a position that you'd fit perfectly into." Anyway, nice to take a deep breath and know something one way or another.

I've actually got another job prospect at a place where a friend of mine works. I'll know a little more on this front sometime next week. This job would be a little easier transition financially for us - but has a little less potential of advancement. Would be a smaller town (the other is in a big city) and we have friends their already. Actually, these are friends that have a lot of the same convictions about the church as we do. Good opportunity to be able to experiment with what it means to 'be' the church (instead of just 'doing' church) with them.

I told my wife that a lot of the impatience and worrying is like when we were transitioning to the place/work where we are at now (that was 6 1/2 years ago). The big difference is that then it was a case of feeling like this was where we were supposed to be and we were waiting on it to happen. This time it's the feeling that where we are is where we're not meant to be much longer and we are waiting on the next step to play out.

I'm having to continually place my life (all of it, at this point) into God's hands and trust Him with it. I know He is trustworthy - may I be found having faith in the midst of the uncertainty.

Posted by Kristo on February 27, 2004 at 08:17 PM | Permalink