Thursday, November 03, 2005

We need more power, Scotty...

What a rollercoaster!

This is just a brief update - I got out of work last night at 11:15 (payroll processing week) and have been in phone calls and conversations with folks such that I'm generally dropping into bed about 1 AM. I should be getting dressed right now - but wanted to reach out to my friends in the blogosphere....

The good news: it looks like I may be a full-time employee at Hewitt as soon as November 21 - just over the minimum 30 days needed to be made full-time, and a couple days ahead of my December 1 benefits cut-off. Even better news: after a 14-hour day yesterday, the team I'm on was in great spirits, and I seemed to fit in really, really well.

I've had a wild ride recently - the weekend was absolutely filled with activity, including some powerful, powerful activity in the recovery community. One of my first Chicago sponsees celebrated a year of sobriety on Sunday - and in the process of conversations, there were tears of joy and gratitude. Thank you, God, for allowing me to be of service.

For now, I'm falling back on a prayer from the classic Lutheran morning prayer service:
Lord God,
you have called your servants
to ventures of which we cannot see the ending,
by paths as yet untrodden,
through perils unknown.
Give us faith to go out with good courage,
not knowing where we go,
but only that your hand is leading us
and your love is supporting us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(from the Lutheran Book of Worship, Morning Prayer)

5 comments:

Peter said...

Wonderful, Steve man!

Anonymous said...

Powerful post, brother. Can you cut back on all the things you are doing so that your life is more manageable?

Im A Foto Nut said...

Dude, will I now be commissioned to create the gift? or is this someone else? Email me.

Anonymous said...

great post

try not to burn the candle at both ends though, take time to rejoice in the Lord! and blog too (grin)

Erin said...

..."you have called your servants
to ventures of which we cannot see the ending"...

How wonderful is that??!!
Praying energy for you :)