M'top – One Year Anniversary

A year ago today I got the call that I had begun to think would never come. A year ago today, on the other end of the line, was my new boss. He had an offer and I had a smile.

Life changed that day.

I’d been unemployed for over five months. I had no money, no job leads, and little sanity left. I was moving back home to Indiana till the call came that day.

Life changed.

In many ways it changed for the better: a new job… a great job actually, a new church, a new state, and lots of other changes. Unfortunately, good changes in life always seem to require giving up things we’d rather not leave behind. Today, my thoughts are with that tumultuous time in my life… they are with the person I left behind rather than the one that I’ve become.

I prayed to God I’d not have to leave Dallas, continually closing doors that didn’t fit where I thought God wanted me to go. I had good friends, a pretty good support network, and a phenominal community. Saying goodbye to that was one of the most difficult things I’d ever done. Though I rarely talk to them, I still miss them. A lot. Its difficult to think that I left them. That circumstances, and politics… and ultimately God… had a different plan.

I wish I could say that the last year has been easy. It’s been wildly exciting beyond anything I could have imagined. But it’s not been easy. You can’t be unemployed for 5 months and it not cause a snowball effect. But I don’t think I’d change anything.

I left my last job with my integrity, and most of my sanity, and emerged on the other side a better man… but also a bit of a different man. I dont know what the future holds, but I face it with as bravery as I can.

So today, with all my heart, I’d like to thank those who stood beside me in Dallas. Believe me, I think of you often. My closest Mountaintop friends will attest to that ‘far away’ look I get in my eyes when I’m reminded of the part you played in my life.

Today… today’s your day, not mine. You got me though. I simply answered the call.