Johnson - 5 ~ The Faith Wait
The Faith Wait - Psa. 130:5 “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.”
Finally, a month after my first trip, my family was going to Texas for a wedding and I decided to call Dr. Clark to see if he had received my resume and if we could possibly meet while I was in the area.
“I am glad you called, he said, I was going to call you today to see if we could meet sometime” Dr. Clark said, and we made arrangements to meet.
The wedding was in the Dallas area and so one day, Diana and I drove over to Fort Worth for the interview and to see the seminary campus, the first time for her.
Dr. Clark and I had a good meeting. He talked about what they wanted to do in their information systems department and that I would be leading those changes and managing that department. While it was a good meeting, no offer was extended, only talk of future meetings that were not yet scheduled.
I was encouraged, but my Gantt chart was behind schedule.
Several weeks passed, no word.
Then I get a call from Mike in Georgia. He wants to do an interview by video teleconference. I don’t know how to set that up, I don’t have that capability. After a few days they decide they can do this interview by phone and I talk with a Mike in the Information Systems department in Alpharetta, Georgia. This position would report to him and Dr. Clark in Fort Worth. Everyone needs plenty of bosses.
Again, the interview went well, but no job offer.
Things are getting very close for comfort. I am quickly approaching the date I had decided if I would turn in my resignation at Boeing. According to my plans, I would give 4 weeks notice, what I thought I would need to transition my responsibilities and leave us enough time to move and get settled before school started for me and the kids. What will I do? Do I believe God is calling me to go to seminary, to follow him and prepare for ministry – whatever that was going to look like?
Would I turn in my resignation of a good career for an uncertain future? Would I move my family without having a job? How will I provide for my family? How will I explain this to our parents – we are taking their grandchildren and doing what? God, what is going on here? God had told me before that He had brought me to Boeing, but never promised me a future there, but He did promise to always provide for my family and me if I would walk with Him.
I met with Terry our pastor and we prayed together. He didn’t know any better than I did what God was doing, but we did decide I could slide my resignation date a week. The letter was written and sitting in my desk drawer.
A few more phone calls with people in Georgia over the next week or so, all seemed well, nothing definitive. I never told Mike or Dr. Clark, or anyone else involved about what God had said and what had happened (only a few friends at church)– that wouldn’t help, if God had said it, God would do it.
Finally, Friday, the decision day came, what would I do? I went to lunch but couldn’t eat and decided to call Mike when I got back to the office to see where things were.
to find out how this ends ~ Johnson 6 ~ God Moves
Finally, a month after my first trip, my family was going to Texas for a wedding and I decided to call Dr. Clark to see if he had received my resume and if we could possibly meet while I was in the area.
“I am glad you called, he said, I was going to call you today to see if we could meet sometime” Dr. Clark said, and we made arrangements to meet.
The wedding was in the Dallas area and so one day, Diana and I drove over to Fort Worth for the interview and to see the seminary campus, the first time for her.
Dr. Clark and I had a good meeting. He talked about what they wanted to do in their information systems department and that I would be leading those changes and managing that department. While it was a good meeting, no offer was extended, only talk of future meetings that were not yet scheduled.
I was encouraged, but my Gantt chart was behind schedule.
Several weeks passed, no word.
Then I get a call from Mike in Georgia. He wants to do an interview by video teleconference. I don’t know how to set that up, I don’t have that capability. After a few days they decide they can do this interview by phone and I talk with a Mike in the Information Systems department in Alpharetta, Georgia. This position would report to him and Dr. Clark in Fort Worth. Everyone needs plenty of bosses.
Again, the interview went well, but no job offer.
Things are getting very close for comfort. I am quickly approaching the date I had decided if I would turn in my resignation at Boeing. According to my plans, I would give 4 weeks notice, what I thought I would need to transition my responsibilities and leave us enough time to move and get settled before school started for me and the kids. What will I do? Do I believe God is calling me to go to seminary, to follow him and prepare for ministry – whatever that was going to look like?
Would I turn in my resignation of a good career for an uncertain future? Would I move my family without having a job? How will I provide for my family? How will I explain this to our parents – we are taking their grandchildren and doing what? God, what is going on here? God had told me before that He had brought me to Boeing, but never promised me a future there, but He did promise to always provide for my family and me if I would walk with Him.
I met with Terry our pastor and we prayed together. He didn’t know any better than I did what God was doing, but we did decide I could slide my resignation date a week. The letter was written and sitting in my desk drawer.
A few more phone calls with people in Georgia over the next week or so, all seemed well, nothing definitive. I never told Mike or Dr. Clark, or anyone else involved about what God had said and what had happened (only a few friends at church)– that wouldn’t help, if God had said it, God would do it.
Finally, Friday, the decision day came, what would I do? I went to lunch but couldn’t eat and decided to call Mike when I got back to the office to see where things were.
to find out how this ends ~ Johnson 6 ~ God Moves
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