sigh.
[where did the text go? was it deleted? did i take the advise of a commenter?]
John 14 repeats the phrase of Jesus, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." Even though He was telling this to His disciples right before His arrest and they had a very specific reason to be troubled, it still comforts me in my situation. I trust that God has my back, that He'll watch out over me. I'm not an orphan with a dead God that passed away, leaving an inheritance that will fade and be spent over time. I have a living God that is in love with me and even knows the number of hairs on my head (even the ones that've turned gray already). I'll be okay.
I love one of the things He says at the conclusion of His talk:
"I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on Me, but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what My Father has commanded Me."
That is cool. He definitely gave us all that example of obeying His Father -- even to the point of death (death on a cross).
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at November 9, 2005 01:14 PMThat's tough Doug...I gotta uncle who'll...naw.
It's too bad you're not as huge as those major mags that have advertising managers, that way you can focus on the creativity process more.
I still say you have one of the coolest jobs ever.
Posted by: jay at November 9, 2005 01:18 PMBe cool on this type of thing friend, think about it this way: which one of your advertisers reading your post won't think they are being tarred with the same brush as the deadbeats - and which one of your readers won't think that maybe, just maybe, that any one of those companies advertising will give them lousy customer service or have a lousy product because they might be a deadbeat? May advice is delete your post, and next time you want to vent - call a friend - or if you're in Seattle, check you at Uptown Espresso...
Later dude...
Posted by: Pescado at November 13, 2005 09:15 PM