i was thinking today about how much smarter God is than we are. what brought this about was a phone conversation with a young woman i started chatting with a few months ago. she was referred to me by an agency friend, as she was in need of advice about landing her first job after college as a designer, in an unfriendly economic climate.
to be honest, i was waaaaaaaaaaayyyy too busy to talk to her. but i wanted to be nice, so we set up a meeting. which got postponed. then another. another postponement. and finally, i think we both just kind of gave up.
when she called a couple of weeks ago, i felt really sorry that she has not yet found a job! so, i reluctantly set up another meeting thinking a) what will i tell her? this economy sucks right now! and b) i really don't have anything to say. it's hard, finding a job.
long story short (well, not really) we met and ended up talking for TWO HOURS. not about work in the way i expected, though there was some of that too. nope. we talked about God. about how to make your way in the world as a designer, when you love God, and when so many in advertising clearly....don't. how to honor God, revere God, keep God in His rightful position as the leader of your life, and not get sucked into the vortex of advertising, where working late, getting your kicks off of "award-winning" work instead of going home to your family, and all around ginormous egos are the norm. it was quite a conversation.
anyway, she's a great gal. i hooked her up with a church that needs a logo this week, and we talked for awhile about hourly rates and contracts and billing practices. i noticed on the bottom of her email signature it says:
"I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water."
now isn't that a neat signature? once again, i'm thinking God had a hand in this person walking into my life. not unlike kirsten with her blueberry top and bangles and stories of the boyfriend she followed to SD, and carey with her floral miniskirt and jar of candy on her desk to woo friends, and cass with her wrist full of bracelets (again) and mug of hot coffee and really NICE aura around her.
yep, He is pretty smart :)
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God is quite the designer, isn't He? *smiles*
:) yep. when i wrote this post, i realized i was talking about 3 different DECADES of creative friends He has set me up with! now that is neat.
oh this makes me happy - God is good (again) and smart AND has impeccable timing :o)
i know! isn't that crazy - 3 art (well, one is a writer) girls in three decades! could there be MORE?!
ps. of course you know that lou doesn't count, because i sort of stalked her ;)
I guess I didn't realize I was being stalked ;)
Good thing we became friends otherwise that could have been awkward.
And I am really happy to have all of the cool art/writer girls as friends.
i guess that means i'm pretty good at stalking :))
it wasn't a mini skirt. just a skirt. and i remember thinking "i need to wear something cool on my first day so the art people will like me." pretty sure i wore it with a black shirt and my ACID washed jean jacket.
i am SO GLAD God gave me a bobbi to work with, too. at the time, we had no idea anything was even HIS idea :)
God, send me a friend now please.
God, yes, please send Chris at least one friend! perhaps two!
and as for the outfit, it was with a black shirt and acid washed jacket. the skirt did not allow for her to bend or go outside in the wind. just saying ;)
ps. i do remember wearing my OWN skirt that blew completely up around my shoulders one day at work, much to the horror of the one Christian man i worked with :)
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