Chatting with David Claire, the director of CIS for the LDS Church,
after class, I asked him why he said, “after
working for the Church for a year or so, I’ll kick you out.” He responded, “I
want you to develop and learn everything you can. I want you to go out and work for the Googles
and develop as an individual. Then come back and share your knowledge with the Church.”
As I thought about his words, I was reminded that job security and salary should
not be our only consideration for choosing a career. I have a wife, a daughter
and a responsibility to provide our family, but this demand should be balanced
with a faithful desire to seek career opportunities that edify me
intellectually and even spiritually. Circumstances may at times force us to take
jobs just so that we have food on the table the next day, but if you’ve got a choice, don’t you want to say that you’ve done
something that made you a better person, even if that choice didn’t
always pay the most?
I love how the church encourages people to develop and reach their full potentials. I interned at FamilySearch over the summer, and my manager was always trying to help me learn as much as I could.
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