Relief! Relief?
Well, I did it. I turned in my resignation from Car-Part.com today, just a few minutes ago, in fact. It’s effective on Oct 13, so I still have 2 weeks left. I had been thinking about this for a while now, but I just got to the breaking point where I need to get out of here, even if I don’t have another job lined up. That’s what the prayer request was for last night. It’s scary to have a mortgage and all the other bills, but not have any other employment lined up. I’ve been looking for several weeks, with no luck yet, but things have deteriorated in Car-Part land so much that I just had to take that leap of faith and get out of this environment. I’m not sure what God has in store for me, but I’m putting it all in His hands now. Please keep me in your prayers. Thanks
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Sep 29th, 2004 at 14:59:05
now who am I going to bug about shell scripting questions?
Seriously though, gonna suck not having you around the office.
Sep 29th, 2004 at 16:05:01
You’re a moron. You’d better find some alternate employment fast. Hope you have some emergency money saved up……
Sep 29th, 2004 at 19:09:06
Well, I think you are crazy, but if that is what God is telling you then who am I to argue. I’ll be praying for you! You do know your walking away from a job that a lot of people would love to have…..anyway, good luck.
Sep 29th, 2004 at 19:31:41
Gutsy move, but I I am sure God has something great lined up.
Sep 29th, 2004 at 23:21:22
Wow Chris. I will keep you in my prayers. I totally understand the stress of a job and being in a job that you dont like. It is really hard to leave something like that but God has a plan. I will send you some contacts from Louisville that maybe can help you out in Cinci area. Remind me.
Good luck.
Sep 29th, 2004 at 23:57:20
Chris, God will show you where to be, and don’t think that the place He has for you is better. He has given you gifts and talens unique to you and just for you to fulfill His purpose for your life. The job, will come and it will be where He wants you to be. Take a look at Psalm 16: 7-11. It’s a verse I memorized recently and the last verse is pretty good and pertinent. Give me a call anytime you want to talk bro.
Sep 30th, 2004 at 00:00:57
The last post had a couple words that didn’t transfer over correctly, so let me rephrase that first sentence to make it sound more encouraging like it was meant. What it was suppose to say was, “Don’t think that the place He has in mind will be better, know it will be better.” His calling will put you somewhere you love and not somewhere you hate. Why would He do the reverse? Take heart in the promises He gives us everyday.
Sep 30th, 2004 at 10:30:34
I’m doing a Bible study called “God’s Invitation” this week’s focus is on Career. I left the book at home, but I’ll try to post an exerpt from the study that I think you will find encouraging. I think your decision shows faith and that’s great. But I don’t want to be too encouraging less I cause you to have pride, which is just as much of a problem as discouragement. Anyway, God has a plan for you.
Sep 30th, 2004 at 10:53:13
Thanks everyone for your support and prayers…except Bryan that is. Geesh, and he’s family… Don’t worry, I have savings to get me by for a while.
Jeremy, if you would love to have this job, it’s all yours. While most of the people here are great, and it’s great to wear whatever I want, flexible hours, etc, it’s not the most productive environment for me. I don’t like who I was becoming here and wasn’t reaching my full potential. As with any job, it’s great for some people, but not others.
Ashlee, thanks for your comment. The hardest part for me was deciding if I was being more faithful by quitting without another job, or if it took more faith to grit it out and stay with this job until He provided something else. I think my bad day on Tuesday was a kick in the seat of the pants to get my act in gear and look for something else, since I had been getting unmotivated in the job hunt again.
I’m meeting with a campus minister today to take some spiritual gift inventories and pray about where God is leading me and how to use my gifts. I hope that proves insightful.
Sep 30th, 2004 at 16:36:20
I’m just afraid you will spend the next 3 years indoors in your pajamas eating cereal and wasting your life in front of the T.V. while living off your mom. (LOL I think i just gave away to much information about myself…) Just don’t have some (emotional OR physical) breakdown on us OK? I worry about ya man. I’m not trying to act like a know-it-all. I’m just applying common sense here. Somthing that in my view doesn’t seem like you’re doing (at this time). Which is why I worry about you now…
Sep 30th, 2004 at 16:46:14
I appreciate you worrying about me, Bryan. However, I’ve thought and prayed about this decision for a while now. I wanted to quit about 3 weeks ago, but after talking with my parents, I held off. It really has gotten to the point where I may have had a breakdown if I’d stayed at Car-Part any longer… Don’t think this was a hasty decision that I made; thought was put into it. I’ve taken into account a lot of things before I made the choice.
Oct 1st, 2004 at 10:28:59
I can honestly say I know where he is coming from.
Oct 1st, 2004 at 16:42:54
Paul, you’re fired
Oct 2nd, 2004 at 09:09:51
I applaud you Chris, not many could have quit their job in your financial situation(you know house,car payment,etc.) Just remember God asks people to step out on their faith all the time in the Bible-remember Noah-”build an ark”-people told him he was crazy too, but ya never know. I understand and empathize with your situation-I was in a similar situation a few months ago and I feel better than ever at my new job.
Oct 3rd, 2004 at 03:09:27
I saw several tech jobs in the cincinatti area on monster.com, seems like most of them were related to banking stuff - wonder if there’s any particular reason for a lot of banks, or if it is simply on the merit of being a big city.
Oct 3rd, 2004 at 12:09:47
He might not want to do somthing tech related again if he doesn’t have to. I thought that was a plus for quiting that you might pursue some other field of work. But do whatever you want…
Oct 3rd, 2004 at 20:28:19
Nick I think there are a lot of banking headquarters in the Cinci area so thats probably why you see those.
Oct 3rd, 2004 at 21:34:34
Chris, I posted the exerpt from my BS I mentioned that talks about faith. You should read it if you haven’t already.
Good luck with the job search! I’d also recommend doing week 3 of God’s Invitation.