Immersion into the commercial real estate world has been a wonderful experience. There is so much to learn . . . thank God Jay is a kind, patient teacher. I work with him two days a week as Director of Social Marketing and Brand Communication for Crandall Commercial Group. On days I am in the office, Jay and his assistant Cindy tend to talk in acronyms when discussing contracts or leases. When I hear something I don't know, I write it down or wait until they are done discussing and ask. One of my current tasks is updating computer software, and making sure programs purchased are being fully utilized by the practice. Boy did I step into territory out of my comfort zone this past Tuesday! Jay didn't have this particular program added to his new laptop a few years ago. Well I found the program in a folder titled "Old Data" on his desktop. I downloaded it and up popped "enter user id and password." Didn't have it and Jay didn't remember it (he was out of the office when Cindy and I were working on this). I searched this company's website and there was nothing even remotely close to how to reset a password. So, I emailed the support desk and received an answer (albeit a little complicated). Ok, so far so good. Reset Jay's password via Cindy's computer. Went to log in on Jay's laptop and got a very complicated error . . . something about an SQL Server . . . yada, yada, yada. I researched all I could to understand the error message and finally realized I was getting into territory I should not be wandering into. This project had already consumed hours and I just didn't have it in me to dive head first into the land of programming. I am taking it all in . . . and, will continue figuring it out on my next office day!
Yesterdays Gospel (John 16:12-15) tells us sometimes we need to take complicated things in a little at a time:
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
In Volume One, Anne a lay apostle describes how too much thinking can turn into using your own will instead of God's:
Yesterdays Gospel (John 16:12-15) tells us sometimes we need to take complicated things in a little at a time:
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
In Volume One, Anne a lay apostle describes how too much thinking can turn into using your own will instead of God's:
"I have been dutifully asking God to send me His gifts, the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Next
Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, which is perhaps the reason for all of this focus on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I turned all of this around in my head as I prayed and I began to get myself confused. Finally, I prayed, 'God, send me whatever gifts You choose to send me. My only prayer to You is that I not interfere with Your will because of my flaws. Beyond that, I don’t care what You do, so long as I am serving You.' It can get confusing because you don’t want to err in humility or desire great lofty gifts. On the other hand, you don’t want to have a weak will and cloak it in false humility. I am not worthy, therefore keep your gifts so it doesn’t cost me anything. There is also such a thing as thinking too much about it all, as though it were up to you and as though it were dependent on your own will. That’s where I was tumbling around when I finally said, 'Enough. I don’t care what happens and I leave it all to You.' He responded, 'Your prayer pleases Me. It is the evidence that you are ready for the gifts I intend to bestow on you.'"
Lay apostles, we can choose to continue strengthening our character and abilities, or throw in the towel. Life can be overwhelming at times, but we can't let it control us. If we stay focused on Christ, and doing the best we can with our situations, we can't fail. Now, I may never figure out the IT issue I was working on, but I have asked for help in understanding it. And, researching to see if there is a better, more user-friendly product available in the commercial real estate world. I have a lot to learn, and want to continue learning the rest of my life.
Thank you, Lord, for the grace of patience with computer issues and especially patience with myself when I can't figure something out.
God bless,
Bonnie
Lay apostles, we can choose to continue strengthening our character and abilities, or throw in the towel. Life can be overwhelming at times, but we can't let it control us. If we stay focused on Christ, and doing the best we can with our situations, we can't fail. Now, I may never figure out the IT issue I was working on, but I have asked for help in understanding it. And, researching to see if there is a better, more user-friendly product available in the commercial real estate world. I have a lot to learn, and want to continue learning the rest of my life.
Thank you, Lord, for the grace of patience with computer issues and especially patience with myself when I can't figure something out.
God bless,
Bonnie
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