July 2nd, 2025

No Blueprint

It’s 7 AM, and my work day is rapidly approaching. In a few fleeting moments, my personal priorities will take a back seat to the demands of a work day. My gifts will serve others to provide income I am depending on. Am I missing out on making more impact, doing work that expresses my gifts more fully, and what is my blueprint for this phase of my career? And, if I keep writing this honestly about work, will I even have a career?

My breath comes a bit faster, and I recall Jesus saying that he will clothe and feed me like wildflowers and songbirds, if only I’ll trust Him. Yes, I may need a blueprint to build a more strategic career, but first, I must trust and obey what Jesus is leading me to do and say.

Another deep breath. Today, I will write code to power a budgeting tool. That is the urgent thing, and maybe the most important. If joy comes today while I’m writing code, I’ll receive it as a gift. If it doesn’t, I’ll trust that provision through mundane work is also grace in action.

Today, I am too close to my work to see the big picture. I’m groping through a dark tunnel, step by step, confident there is light at the end, but I can’t see it yet. So my job is simple: take another step. Then another.

Do I need a blueprint, or a map of this tunnel? Yes, and no. Taking the next step is always possible, even when I don’t know where I’m going. I’ll keep my eyes open and look for unexpected connections while I wait and work today.

Not a blueprint. Not a map. Faith, and the next step. That will be enough.

Harvey A. Ramer
Harvey A. Ramer
Harvey tells the truth about living by faith when faith feels hard. Writing from central Florida, he explores how doubt and trust can coexist, how work can serve calling, and how ordinary struggles become places where God shows up.