This week has been one of the most trying weeks of my life.  It’s not that it’s been a “Bad” week.  On the contrary it’s been a very good week.  It’s just been trying.

Let me explain.

A couple of weeks ago I made a decision that I wanted to start looking for management positions instead of active development roles.  Immediately, I was was submitted to a company to become their Web Development Manager, a position that I would excel at given my background and abilities.

This week I discovered that I was being rejected without an interview because I don’t have a bachelor’s degree.  It doesn’t matter that I am the best person for the Job or that it would be a perfect fit for me and the company, I don’t have the right piece of paper saying the right thing.

This upset me a little and has motivated me, I am going back to school to get my Bachelors in Business Administration.  I refuse to have a piece of paper get in the way of me and my promised destination of being the head and not the tail (Deuteronomy 28:13).  I live in the blessing of Abraham.  The Lord said to Abraham, “I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of the heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” (Genesis 22:17, 18)

I will be making the decision on which school to go to in the next couple of days.  It’ll be an online school so that I can have flexibility to attend when I can and still have time for family, church and work.