A new job

I graduated college...a BS in ME. Exciting stuff...now what? I expected a raise when I had my review at my current job. I had a stellar review...above average and excellent marks on everything. So I did get a raise, a raise like a person who just got a stellar review would get. What about my DEGREE? I realize it's just a piece of paper, but it symbolizes something. Anyway...as you can guess, I was pretty pissed. Getting paid around 1/2 what you expect, receiving dismal benefits (and none for you wife), and working in a beat up warehouse all kind of added up over the last 9 months.

So I got a NEW job. I interviewed with a couple companies while still working at my current job and decided to go to IGT. They offered me - and Brenna - benefits at low cost to us, the right salary for my degree, and a mucho cool building with a workout center and a cafeteria! Super cool.

I think the scariest/least fun thing I had to do was to turn in my letter of resignation on Thursday...that was a weird experience. Dont most people go through this kind of stuff at 30? So, I start on Feb 20...thanks for all you prayers!

Revelations

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Question 1:
Does it bother any one else when Christians make the study of Revelations into the study what/when/where rather than who God is and why he wants us to expect certain signs?

Explanation:
I was watching some of a national conference from the IHOP (no, not the pancake house...the International House of Prayer) called OneThing. This guy was talking about Revelations, but he was talking about who God is or how He wants us to be...rather this guy was using Revelations to say that he is seeing signs and the time is soon and all Christians should convert to End Times methodology. Wacky. He wasn't so direct mind you, but his subtleties basically flaunted, "This is my personal conviction in life...you're a bad Christ follower if you don't follow my conviction".

Question 2:
Is this kind of stuff messed up to anyone else?

Pat Robertson - Extremists

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Seriously, every religion has their extremists. Pat Robertson thinks he hears God...I think he hears "cha-ching" every time he gets a vision on something that can cause a stir. Everybody can tell this guy is a wacko, but not everybody knows that "normal" Christians aren't even slightly wacko like Pat. What bothers me about this that he is painting a completely false image of God and His people...we're not TV evangelists, super Christians, nut jobs, or anything else just completely out of order. When it comes down to it though, I sure am glad God can defend himself. Oh yeah, and I'm glad Pat has to stretch the truth to make his "words from the Lord" legitimate...at least some intelligent people can see through that crap.