Thursday, September 3, 2009

Doubts and Answers

I've been very worried lately. I took a walk around town last night and just watched listened--someone was playing saxophone inside of their apartment with a window open, an incredibly talented latino band was playing in a yard filling the street with guitar solos, a child hung from a tree branch and told an older girl, 'help! I can't hold on!' and so much more--but I was still crushed by the tension between the present and the future and the crushing fact that I'm living in the city without a steady income, feeling like I'm just taking up an apartment. And I walked through town listening to all of the life going on around me, so crushed by my worries that I had to start singing a simple chorus to myself to keep from being completely discouraged:
'Jesus blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus blood never failed me yet.
This one thing I know,
for He loves me so'

I got back to my apartment and checked my email. I got an email from a tutoring company called Brain Hurricane that I had applied for online saying that I seemed like a good fit. Now, I had to schedule an 'audition' (basically an informational meeting and an interview). There happened to be three separate audition times the next day (that's today). I signed up for the one at noon.
Laying down to sleep, I just broke. 'Daddy, I'm scared,' I said (I can't remember the last time I called God that). 'Remember when you guys were looking for an apartment, and the most promising one didn't work, and you told Kriss that you knew I had an apartment waiting?'
Well, yeah...

'Don't you think I'd have a job waiting for you too?'

And then, I just started laughing.
I'm learning to trust, ever so slowly.

p.s. the interview went very well. Now I just have to wait for them to get back to me.

2 comments:

paper bag warrior said...

This blog, made me somewhat sad.
It sounds like your attitude is changing, but, please don't be discouraged, even if this job doesn't work out. The right door will open, cuz your right, Daddy does have something all lined up, but, he acts in his timing, not ours. Kinda like Gandalf :)
Nati, don't give up.
He's got too much planned for you.
You ARE in chicago for a reason, that is a truth you need to cling to.
I love you so much brother, and I miss you, but, you are where you need to be right now. Don't forget that.

nathaniel vs. industry said...

I struggle to see why this blog would make you sad.