andrew dodson

I don’t get the opportunity to boast too often, but I’m going to. But you know what? I’m not going to boast about me. I’m going to boast about God.

First, you have to know that as I type this, it’s 12:36 a.m., and I’m sitting at my desk at CLS. Today was the most frustrating day at CLS until about fifteen minutes ago. I noticed my email wasn’t working this morning, but everyone else’s was. I decided to fix the problem, but instead, in the process, caused our entire network to go down. Seeing as it was my fault, I was bound and determined to fix it myself. I spent the rest of the day attempting to resolve the issue, all the while trying to get work done that needed to get done. I began to get extremely frustrated, and this culminated with jumping down a customer’s throat on the phone (fortunately, I need to talk to this person again tomorrow, and my intention is to apologize).

I left for two hours to attend Saxton’s rehearsal, and returned shortly after 9 p.m.. Around 11:30 p.m., I realized something. This entire time, I was “leaning on my own understanding” of the situation. The entire day, I tried to fix the problem myself. Me, me, me. I stopped and said a prayer. I asked God to guide me and give me wisdom and knowledge to solve this problem. Less than an hour later, our network is up-and-running like a charm.

How stinking awesome is this? You CANNOT tell me God doesn’t answer prayers. Just when I was about to give up, head home and go to bed, I said my prayer. It was answered. As of this moment, I’m feeling quite the sense of accomplishment, but I don’t deserve a bit of the credit. This is so cool…