Living the Dream

Something good happened to me this week. Scratch that...something great, something downright wonderful happened to me this week. I got promoted at my job. After only seven months, having this opportunity was the last thing I expected. The new position will provide for me an opportunity to work much closer with management and employ some skills I honed during my college days, give me the chance to get to know my coworkers in a more team-oriented setting, and be a bit of a pay-raise, to boot. That being said, with such an amazing thing happening in my life, I can't help but be utterly grateful. I don't deserve this promotion; I don't deserve any of the wonderful things God has given me. He has given me them not because I am somehow better than others who don't have these things, but because he wants me to be a vehicle for his glory through my individual blessings. As a recent college graduate, I have seen others in my stage of life who are struggling to get jobs, feel