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April 10, 2003
Trusting God
Tonight, I am one of three speakers at the RIT Campus Crusade for Christ meeting. We determined recently that the "speaker" for our group this week would be a three-person -- short devotional/testimony from each -- and discussion kind of meeting.
My particular topic is "why" God can be trusted. And I am the perfect object lesson right now. I just found out about a half-hour ago that in all likelihood I will not be employed next year in the same way that I am right now. My Visiting Professor line can not be continued into this next academic year. There exist possibilities of working for other departments/colleges here at RIT, but at the moment, there is no clear open path... Just a bunch of ideas and possibilities and a strong sense that God is about to something new and different in my life.
By all accounts I should be probably pretty freaked out right now. But I'm not. And just in case anyone should worry that I'm going to get lazy and "let God do all the work"... well... don't worry. I'm going to do the necessary work to start seeking a new opportunity... I'm already thinking about who I'll need to talk to and network with to uncover some more options... Right now, my options are WIIIDE open. I'll try to share some of my possibilities in the future here on the blog. But my prayer is that God will slam doors and fling others wide as I start my search... That'd He'd throw a spotlight onto the paths that I should travel down.
I'm going to blog it all (or, at least, most of it) too.
So, hopefully, tonight, I'll be able to share the 'why' of trusting God with the students at the CCC meeting. There are some good reasons... Maybe I'll share those here, too... but at the moment... I need to get some other things done. Your prayers, of course, are appreciated. What to pray for? Just that God would guide me through it all, and would continue to give me this same sense of peace.
Thanks!
Posted by Andrew at April 10, 2003 03:41 PM
Comments
I am sorry to hear the news. You are a great professor and I wished that the department would have at least kept you until they made you full time. It's sad that the department does not know what is good for them by keeping you on. Multimedia as well as the New Media option is expanding more so everyday and they will need more professors to help students develop their skills in these areas.
I feel bad for you. I know of another visiting professor who is visiting who knows he probably will not be considered for full time due to his lack of research and publishing.
I hope that the options that you are considering would be to stay, even as an adjunct. You are one of my favorite professors and I am not happy seeing you being let go.
I do hope that you make it through all of this. Good luck and God bless!
Posted by: student at April 10, 2003 07:47 PM