I mean, my destiny. And by “you,” I mean Nashville. And by “brought,” I mean driven nine hours.
I thought it was time to give you an update on my I-want-to-be-an-editor journey. Bonus points to everyone who can name that movie quote.
On Thursday, the Photofamily will hit the road to drive to what just may be my destiny. Or density, depending on which kind of McFly you are.
I have an informational interview scheduled with HR at the largest Christian publisher. A couple months ago, I contacted the head of the HR department. I’m going to assume he didn’t get my e-mail. Although it’s possible my message was misdirected and never should have been sent to him in the first place. That’s why my second attempt was to call up their Nashville office and just say, “I want to be an editor but don’t know how. Is there someone at your office who would talk to me about that?”
It turns out that gathering my courage to pick up the phone, though scary, was a good idea. Nobody laughed in my ear or told me that my dream is ridiculous. Nope. Instead, I got a prompt response that went like this: “I’d be happy to meet with you. Would 10 am on Friday work?”
Wow! Oh my. Yikes! Scared. Excited. Overwhelmed. Terrified. Nervous. Thrilled. Yikes!
It’s hard for me to put into words how I’m feeling about this. I just can’t wrap my mind around the fact that God just might make this happen. He might let me do what I want to do. He might move us nine hours away from our families. He might open up a whole new world of ministry and service and all that good stuff. He might…
We’ll see. I know I shouldn’t get ahead of myself, or ahead of God. For now, I’m just thrilled to have this opportunity. To learn about the world of publishing, to make my first real contact in publishing, to take a bold step toward the life I think God may have always planned for me.
So if you think about it, please pray for me this week. We’re driving to Nashville on Thursday and my meeting is Friday morning. After that, we’re looking forward to hanging out with our friends from Virginia and playing tourist for a couple days. And we’ll probably hit a Chick-fil-A.
Your turn: Has God ever led you to do something scary, something outside your comfort zone?
You gotta love ‘Back to the Future.’ Classic quote. :D Wouldn’t you swoon if a boy said that to you?? ;)
(haven’t read the rest of your post yet, btw;)
Hmm, I’d like to be excited for you, but I just can’t get past that ‘Nashville’/’9 hours away’ thing… :(
‘He might let me do what I want to do’ – it’s amazing how surprised we get by this. (or at least i would be if HE finally said, ‘here, be a philologist.’)
i’ll be praying for you!
I’m super excited for you!!! And….. praying. :)
Thanks, mel and B!
Chelley – really. You say this like I live so close now! :) Besides, this is just to get information, not to get a job. That will come later. I hope!
But at least you’re within weekend-driving distance! :P
(Sorry — I will try to pray in a non-biased manner…)
Hi, I found you through Brenda. I know this is going to sound silly, but just getting up from the back row of my church (I mean against the back wall of the 1500 person seat church) and going up to the front with all the people raising their hands and singing to God was absolutely terrifying to me. We did it, and now I couldn’t imagine going back. Funny the things that scare us, huh? Oh, nice blog too.
Thanks for stopping by, Bub. And no way, that doesn’t sound silly at all! I’m sad to admit that there have been times during worship that I’ve been drawn to either raise my hands (gasp!) or go forward and pray – and I’ve never done either one.
I like what you said – now you can’t imagine going back. That’s good stuff.
‘He might let me do what I want to do’ – i was thinking about that, too, mel, because the book i’m reading asked why we always think He’s going to send us to ninevah.
anyways, i wish you the best, photo! (and i loved the ‘back to the future’ reference)
Yeah, hobsis, you’re right – why do I always (or at least, often) expect the WORST of God? I mean, of God??? Really.