Thursday, October 15, 2009

you studied WHAT in college?

Received the below in the email bin recently:

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To: lg
From: recent acquantaince
Subject: From theater to facilities management???
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My degree is in musical theatre performance, proud graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. It was a fantastic program and I love the great American Musical! And yes I know every word of every song in Oklahoma! And today I'm in corporate America.

The story is that I went into college with Broadway in mind, and came out of school with Jesus in mind. During my college years I read the Bible for the first time. Just picked it up and read it, and was really surprised! It was good! All kinds of good stuff about life, about God, about how people work, about history, really fascinating. And I was reminded of something I already sort of knew - I was a sinner, Jesus was perfect, and his death was a payment. More on that here.

So I knew I wanted to learn more. And I knew the life of an actor was taking any job at all in any city, any continent, and frequently touring. So I prayed, "God I think I should stay in one spot to learn about You. And I know you can give me an acting career later on. Would you give me a job I like just a little bit in the meanwhile?"

Landed at a fun tech company in the facilities management department, all the while in one city, able to attend the same church and regular Bible studies. And I like the job! :-)

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