Miracles Part 2
I decided to write a short series based on the many miracles in my life. From our house to the many relationships in my life, God has been blessing me and I am humbled and amazed. So, keeping this series going, I wanted to shed some light on the miracle of my job.
When we moved back from Georgia, I had 2 interviews lined up. One with a church planter in Wesley Chapel, and another guy named Danny Schaffner at a church called Common Ground. I checked out the one guy, interviewed with him and started spending some time there, and God made it VERY clear that I didn’t need to be there. I also interviewed at Common Ground. I liked them and they liked me. The only problem was, because the economy was tanking, they had some funding that fell through…no money, no job.
So I kept looking. At one point I was sending 20+ resumes out a day for everything I cold think of. I went to cattle calls, I shaved my beard, I applied to drive trucks, make bed deliveries, sell furniture, sell office supplies, I even had a possibility to work with the State of Florida. But nothing landed…for 6 months. Add those 6 to the 4 in Georgia, I was looking at 10 months without a job.
2 months after my first meeting with Danny Schaffer, I started to have this recurring thought: You Need to work with Danny Schaffner and Common Ground. What I know now is that was the voice of God telling me what He wanted me to do. So after a little begging, Danny allowed me to come on staff as an apprentice.
I worked there helping with their leadership development, team building, band, and tech area. I learned a lot, and one day, Danny told me he had a friend who was looking for a guy like me. And that is how I got connected to Brian Moon, my new boss Church of the Suncoast.
Some would say that it was all because of my connections. Or being in the right place at the right time. I would disagree with all of that. The ONLY reason that I got a great job during one of the worst economies in the last 50 years is because God ordained it.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
It’s miracle that after 10 months I get hired by a church. It’s a miracle that it’s the perfect job for me: close to home, all about leadership development and team building. It’s EXACTLY the amount of salary that we needed to save the house. Who else but God could orchestrate something like that? No one.
