I was recently caught out during a rainstorm without an umbrella or jacket and I found myself trying to hurry from overhang to overhang in an attempt to get wet as little as possible. With water beginning to drip off of my hair into my face, I remembered the Mythbusters episode that concluded that running in the rain will actually get you wetter than a brisk walk.

As I briskly walked to my destination, I was surprised to find I wasn’t getting as wet as I probably should have. The timing of my walk put me in the rain, yes, but between massive deluges. My mind, being what it is, envisioned an elf running between the raindrops to stay dry. Since I have as much in common with an elf as a woodchuck has with a glass of lemonade, I just got wet, but that phrase, “running between the raindrops,” has been rattling around in my head.

It strikes me that my career has been something like that. God has ordered my steps so that this yahoo with a theatre degree and a dreamer’s penchant for grand notions without particular direction has managed to work in the technology field for over 20 years. And despite multiple mergers, acquisitions, and many, many RIFs (reductions in force), I’ve managed to make it this far without falling victim of a layoff.

That’s not to say I won’t be laid off tomorrow. (It’s a very real possibility right now since my company was bought in June.) I try not to worry about it. I try not to let the uncertainty of this new and unorthodox work environment whisper doom in my ear. Those whispers strive to make me doubt the future and question everything. But I know one thing with absolute certainty…God has always made a way for me and my family. We’ve had difficult times but we’ve always had what we needed when we needed it.

I find myself, these days, feeling like I have to prove my value to people who don’t know me and haven’t worked with me the last 12 1/2 years. It’s a strange place to be. It’s humbling and challenging and not a little bit nerve-wracking. But I suppose it’s good for me. It’s keeping me honest and it’s pushing me away from complacency.

And so, by the grace of God, I will continue to run between the raindrops as long as I can and as long as He chooses to guide my steps in the storm.