Every new teacher has visions of what their career will look like. Many, I’m sure, include the perfect class, full of happy students who come to school eager to learn. They are cooperative, hands raised high, engaged in every lesson.
You’ve probably heard the gloomy statistic that approximately 1/3 of your life is spent working. Whether you love your job or find it a chore, we are called as Christians to approach work purposefully, seeking to be a faithful presence and witness.
In God’s sovereignty, I discovered the career of watchmaking (a longer story), went to school to study it for two years, and just graduated in July of 2025. It was the most interesting and difficult two years of my life so far, but I learned so much about God and his character through the career itself.
My story is that of one who comes from a long Christian legacy […] And although this could have had the effect of numbing me to a true faith, I thank God that he awakened in me a desire to know him and love him.
The first few chapters of Acts are glorious, describing the ascension of Christ, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and Peter’s astounding first sermon. But in the middle of all that beauty, a sentence that stops me in my tracks every time is the one about Judas, the disciple who betrayed the Son of God for a bag of cash.