Greetings

Hello everyone. My name is Andrew Crabtree and conventionally speaking I am not special. In the traditional sense I am incredibly "normal". I am caucasian, without any real cultural background (I'm more English than anything). I am of average height, I dont have any unique features, or any incredible skills to speak of. However, I believe I am special, despite the stereotypical mold I fit in this society. I am special because God made me so. I am His creation and ,because He made me different than anyone else in the history of the universe, I can feel unique.
Brushing back to the subject of my borderline boring "normalcy": I am not incredibly educated (Im currently in my 4th semester of Junior College), I am not incredibly wealthy and I am not famous. I write in this blog for a few reasons. Writing about my life experiences helps me to reflect and draw strength from my mistakes, and affirmation from my successes. Writing, to me, helps me collect my thoughts and organize them.

The first experience that I am going to write about here deals with an incredibly difficult situation that I was forced to endure this past week. I will start by briefly setting up the senario with a little background: I am, for the time being, employed by a seed business. Ive worked there for two years and am comfortable with my job. Long story short: I have been told that I will no longer be needed after May 1st. This was a total absolute shock to me. I was devestated because I had planned on working there through college. I went straight to my Lord and Savior for strength and was surprised (though I shouldnt have been) to find that I was filled with a sense of peace that can only come from the Lord. After placing the situation in His hands I was quickly guaranteed a job from my father getting started on the job that I will be taking after college. It boils down to this: I was distraught over the loss of my comfortable job, I gave it to God, I got a job that will ultimately end up being better for me. I will be gaining 2 years of experience in my field when I go to work fulltime in 2 years. How great is our God! Trusting God fully is not something that comes easy to me. Since I beacame a Christian in April of 2004 (a story I plan on writing about at a later time) trusting God is an area that I have to consiously try and grow.
With more and more experience, and more and more help from Christian friends and mentors, I will continue to grow in my faith and trust in the Lord.