Information Overload

Have you ever had a day where you got so much information that your brain literally hurts? That was today. My first day on the job. I took in so much info, I was exhausted by 11, and I "worked" until 5. Today I discovered just how big of shoes that I'm going to be filling. Slightly....no, heavily overwhelmed would explain my emotions.

It wouldn't be quite so bad if I had a couple, maybe a few weeks to ease my way into this position. But nope! The guy I'm replacing has surgery on Wednesday, and that means I'm by myself until possibly Friday. So today and tomorrow is essentially my training. Wednesday and Thursday are...how do you say it...test days. Even though I'll be working minimum hours those days, I will have to push myself to prove I was the right choice for this job.

Honestly, I believe I can handle it. I learned an immense amount of knowledge today, most of it I hope I remember this week. But it IS overwhelming. BUT! God wouldn't throw me in the lion's den without giving me some help. So if you could pray for anything about me, pray for inspiration. Inspiration that will keep me on my toes and keep me moving forward.

That's all. Just a small update. God works wonders. Thank goodness.

God Is

Praise God, from whom all blessing flow. That's the doxology for many churches, right? Especially on a day such as today, it seems extremely fitting. Today we celebrate what many people consider to be God's greatest miracle: The Resurrection. The symbolism (literal as well) of what Christ did on the cross fills up volumes of books, and to go even further, conquering death is a fairly big deal. It's something that no one (minus the prophet Elijah, but he more or less just skipped death) has been able to defeat. Death is something that every single person before us has succumbed to.

But because of what Christ did, we no longer fear Death. Where as it was the end of a person's life before Christ, now it serves as a means to be reborn forever. Christ turned that which was meant as a weapon of the enemy into the means for eternal life. And it's thru His sacrifice that we have this gift. If you can't get excited about that, then....well you should. Because no other being could ever go through with such an immense thing and come out of it alive (and I mean alive in the most literal of statements).

Switching gears.

God has poured out his blessings on us this weekend. I went from being a "shift supervisor" at Godfather's Pizza, to being THE graphic designer for a small screenprinting company fifteen minutes from where we live. Literally it happened in less than 24 hours. I applied, took a design "test," had an interview the next morning (saturday) and was offered the position in less than a full day. God's hand was at work in the whole process, I have no doubt. Everything fit too well and moved too fast for the circumstances to be coincidental.

This has been an answer to a long period of prayers. God has taught me a lot about patience (not to say that I've kept a lot of it), but has shown me that if I keep my faith in Him, no matter how down the situation looks, He will provide in HIS. OWN. TIME. And it somehow always becomes clear once it happens. Funny how that works.

So now that I am in charge of all graphic design for this company, nervousness has rushed in to fill the excitement. I am the only graphic designer, so I create everything for every design for every t-shirt, hoodie, etc that come thru this place. A little pressure for a guy who graduated a year ago with hardly any work/client design experience. Slightly overwhelming? Chyes (Modern Family input there).

But I know this will be the best for me right now. I guess God knows that if I worked under a head graphic designer at some other job, I probably wouldn't quite grow as quickly. But with every design being created by me in this crazy fast-paced industry, I know I will become faster, more efficient, and will HAVE to grow to complete these orders. By the time I move on beyond this job, I will have honed my skills to a degree I couldn't imagine. At least that's the plan.

Switching gears. Again.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. This weekend has been one of many affirmations of my faith. God DOES answer prayers. Yes, God says no. He has shut many doors, right in my face. But He also says YES! YES! SEE HOW I PROVIDE FOR YOU?!?! HAVE I NOT TOLD YOU I'D TAKE CARE OF YOU? I LOVE YOU MY CHILD!! SO MUCH THAT MY SON TOOK ON ALL OF YOUR SINS SO I COULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU AND LOVE YOU!!!!

So if you're reading this, and you don't have that relationship with God, I pray that you would find it. It doesn't mean He'll give you everything you want or ask for. But it will change your life in ways you couldn't believe. It relieves you of so many hurts, pains, bagges and mountains. Let Christ die for you, because He already did, and He wants you to be in a loving relationship with Him, and He wants to bless you in a million different ways that you couldn't fathom.


Praise God from whom all blessings flow.