23/08/2022
A young man moves into a business world to work as a fashion designer. Is he moving into a world of moral compromise? , many years keeping him away from God, and meaningless casual relationships? Not on your life. Like Jesus, he finds that his business is all about people; people he loves.
Transcript:
I grew up in a family of 9ine serving as the last man standing. I went to schools in the State and then after that moved into the fashion world doing it as my hobby, kind of in search of an adventure, not knowing that God's about turning it into a Job and an Industry. Not too long after, I slowly got to where He wanted me to be.
I spearhead the conceptual part of the design process. I also get to design garments until the very end, so I really am a part of the creative process from start to finish. I think that it's really a unique part of my job and business getting to create and design something beautiful and something that’s cohesive and pleasant to the eye. I do that knowing that’s something that my creator has instilled in me.
I think with any job that we’re given, whether we like it or not, it’s meant to be done well and to the best of our ability and used as worship to our sovereign God who has placed us in that position.
I love to create, sketch things, and choose colors and patterns and fabrics. I do get to do that to God’s glory, and it is a form of worship.
With the design process, i am doing really similar things each season, and I think sometimes I do find myself getting a little bored. Maybe anxious. It's in those times that I realize that my job is not just for my enjoyment, but it’s really for God’s glory. It’s meant to be done well. And I need to maintain a level of work ethic and quality of design that I’m proud of.
I think the greatest way to worship God in my workplace is by loving those that he’s placed around me. The people around me have always been with me for about 3 or 4 years at times, and so we know each other very well. We have many conversations about our personal lives. It’s been a really cool opportunity to be a listener, to be a friend, to love them, and to have them notice that there’s something different about me and the way that I live, the way that I act, the way that I work, the way I treat them as my trainee (apprentice).
One morning specifically one one of my trainee who’s a good friend of mine turned around and asked, “Why are you happy all the time?” I quickly realized that she wasn’t just joking or teasing me, but she really wanted an answer. There was a long pause and kind of this moment of: I can give her a watered down answer, or I can really use this as an opportunity to tell her why I’m happy. And not just happy, but joyful. I live with hope and purpose.
I started many conversation. She’s definitely searching for happiness, and I got to share a lot of my faith with her. It is an ongoing relationships and an ongoing story. I definitely think my job is much more than just a designer. It’s much more than just designing clothes. I definitely feel called out, and chosed as a missionary in my workplace. God can do the same to you and more if you believe, as he'd done it for me. cheers God bless you as in taking your time reading this. Our forms are on sells hurry now to grab one for for yourself, your child and your love ones.