Sharp Left On The Journey

Well it has been over 5 months since we last spoke and believe you me, there have been a myriad of life changes since my last post. I believe my most recent thoughts regarding my job were, "I'm not happy here. I need a change. I need to live my destiny. I need to use all of the wonderful talents that I've been blessed with to fulfill my purpose and my destiny". That, in a nutshell, summed up my thoughts for the last few months at which I was employed with the "footstools" (this reference will be explained later). In retrospect as I look back on the circumstances that ended my 1 and 1/2 year tenure with that company, the unhappiness I was feeling, and the desire to achieve bigger and better things, were God speaking to me and directing me along a certain path. Perhaps, I wasn't moving fast enough or perhaps God knew that it would take a dramatic turn of events in order to get me to step out on faith.

"Chris, I need for you to take a walk with me to Greg Larson's office", said the Lead Footstool. Those were the words that marked the beginning of the end. The occurrences over the course of the next hour or so, made me realize that there were enemies within my midst for the past year. As I tried and tried and tried to plead my case in explaining why the problematic situation that occurred was no fault of my own, I realized my case was falling on deaf ears. As my back was turned the knife was been sharpened by Hal, Fred, & Sean; yep, the same Sean whom I had known and worked with for years and was responsible for getting him hired at the company ... the same Sean, previously my Junior, who had been elevated to a position above me, that sewed the seeds for most of my unhappiness. Yep, this same Sean sat there and uttered NOT ONE SINGLE WORD in my defense, though he knew the most about the situation, knew the most about me, and knew that a few words in my defense would add much credibility to my case. HE SAID NOT ONE WORD !! Instead he sat there and watch me sweat and stutter and explain and rationalize, .... all for naught. To say I was disappointed, does not even come close to summing up my true feelings.

To sum it all up, after about an hour of discussion, I WAS RESIGNED. Given the choice of been terminated or resigning, I decided to "sort of" leave on my own terms. I resigned that Friday afternoon with no job to go to on Monday, a beautiful understanding wife, and GOD ON MY SIDE ... Turns out that was more than enough.

Over the course of the next 2 weeks, God showed up in my life in so many ways and clearly laid out the roadmap that he had for my life. God showed me that, it may seem like you have nothing and can come nowhere close to paying all of your bills on time, but I will give you all that you need. Just listen to my voice and obey my commands. God showed me what another friend had told me a while back, "A Job Ain't All That !!". I am all you need and I will show you how. God showed me that He did not want me to go back to full-time employment. He lead me to launch Clarksonville Technologies, a technology company through which He will do tremendous works in me. He lead me to the book "The One Minute Millionaire" through which he has illustrated so many Christian principles of successful entrepreneurs. He lead me when I was lost and knew not where to go next. He lead me to an absolute gem of a wife who in the midst of these trying times, believed in me and believed that God had a plan for us. Her support was just the added wind in my sails necessary to continue along this journey that God has planned for us. God said in his word that " ... I will make your enemies thy footstool". I now go forward, learning from my experience and not dwelling on what happened or those who orchestrated it. God has a plan for me and has charted a course that I must take. The footstools will get what God has in store for them. It is not for me to concern myself with. There is, however, a tremendous source of motivation within me to have levels of success that is leaps and bounds beyond what anyone at that company or the company as a whole could ever dream of. I lift my head to the hills and continue to follow the path that God has outlined for me. The Footstools will hear from me again ...