Sunday, October 10, 2010

question

The other day I was at an interview and I was asked "why should I hire you?"
That is a good question as if I were in his shoes I would probably ask the same question, but what about the answer? If someone asked you the same question how would you answer?
One on hand I sat there with my resume of all of the things I have accomplished. Two pages that sums up what I have been doing the last 12 years. When just looking at the paper I could make a considerably solid argument on why I should be hired, but even typing that makes me feel shady. Not shady that I cheated my way to accomplish the various things, rather that there is more to the story than 2 thin pages of paper. Every item on that should have an asterisk (*) that points out that without God none of this would have been possible.
Looking back I have so many times in which things just came together beautifully such as my published research articles. Yes I did the work, but a new professor happen to come into K-State to set up his lab with a research project set up with another student who happened to no longer be interested at the same time that I inquired about a job thus I started research on a project already started is amazing. Another example is my experience of moonlighting at Cook County jail and hospital which just fell into place as I was rotating with a doctor who was looking for help at the same time I was working.
Apart from academics, just great life experiences that have worked out such as the apartment we live in? A great deal that occurred when we overheard people talking at a farewell party. The opportunity to live in a 1913 downtown house in Detroit in med school? Out of a class of 250 at Wayne State I met Todd who continues to be a good friend and had an open room.
I could go on and on and on, but needless to say when people ask my why they should hire me my only answer is because God has been good to me.

Now some people may say that I just was in the right place at the right time, my starts were aligned correctly, or even that God helps those who help themselves. But I would rather believe that an all powerful and all knowing loving God with a perfect plan has graciously allowed me to get to this point so that I can glorify Him rather than believing that random events randomly happened for me, the latter just seems so empty, the former so full.

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