Working Girl

By: Susan Denney

In this year of Fellows there have been many wonderful experiences and opportunities to grow mentally and spiritually. One area that has contributed to my growth is my internship. I am currently interning with two places; the National Civil Rights Museum in the education and interpretations department and with Second Presbyterian Church in the communications department and wherever else they need me.

With my background being in studio art and writing, I could never have imagined myself in these two places. It has been good for me to be in working environments that are very new and different from my past working environments. Working at the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) I have learned about how to properly store and catalogue artifacts in a museum. I have also had the opportunity to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement and the people who contributed to the movement through many different programs that the museum has had. Through working at the NCRM and the church I have come to realize how much I am an organizer. Currently at Second Presbyterian I have been going through previous members' files and organizing them into different catagories.

The hardest part about both of these internships is that I am doing alot of clerical work. I have always loved being around people and so it can sometimes be hard sitting behind a desk all day. However, through this negative, I have come to realize how much I do need to be involved with people in my future career.

A job will never be perfect and I am thankful for the experiences that I have been able to have with both of my internships. I know the Lord is using both of these jobs to grow and direct me where He wants me to be in the future. The Lord is working on building confidence into my life not in myself but, in Him. In the past I have lacked confidence and this was due to focusing more on myself and not on the Lord. He has given me talents and abilities to use for His glory. I often do not think about how He will not only use my talents and abilities but, He will use my weaknesses as well.

2 Corinthians 12: 9 says, "But he said to me, "'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."' May my weaknesses be used to bring glory to our Father in Heaven and to draw the lost to Christ.