MBA Check In

Response to Classmate

Hello,

I really enjoyed interacting with you throughout this academic journey. I know I mentioned it earlier, but let me say it again, I admire your honesty. That openness makes you, in my opinion, an ideal candidate for team leadership. In the same manner, Christ is open, honest, and as real as possible. The everyday minute things and thoughts we go through are as important to Him as everything else about us. He does want to give you peace as He has already done, He does muse with you about the present and the future, and He is indeed a friend. And from your discussions, I see that Jesus is a real friend to you (not the feel-good-because-it’s-the-right-thing-to-call-Him-a-friend kind of friend, but more like a close buddy). It seems your relationship with Him is more like the kind with Abraham, where God just appeared while he was under the Mamre tree, and Abraham instantly recognized Him, and they started a conversation, had lunch, and debated about Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18:1-12). Grow and keep that relationship; it will be well worth your while and that of others.

Also, everything in your life is as real as real can be. The MBA is real and there to stay; you will use it where needed. It will be useful to you when you need it so no need to stress. Think of it like this, when you first learned addition and subtraction, you must have felt very happy to master the two. Until the teacher introduced division and multiplication, you also mastered the same. The question is, did you worry that you may drop out your adding and subtraction skills? Did you worry that you may never have the chance to use multiplication and division in your life even as you added new subjects to your list? You use these basic mathematics skills whenever needed, sometimes daily, sometimes weekly, etc. The same is true with your MBA; you will use it when you need it, indirectly or directly.

I would like to leave you with these words of encouragement that the Lord spoke to Gideon. Gideon had reasons, and valid ones for that matter, to doubt the course he was asked to take. However, God does not see us the way others do. He sees us based on our destinies. God sees you through the lens of your destiny.

Judges 6:11-16 (NIV) The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.^”“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”

God Bless,

Reference

The Gideons International in the British Isles. (2012). The Holy Bible: New International Version. Lutterworth, England.

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It is surreal to think this is the end of my MBA education. Of course, education is never over. If anything, this degree program has opened my eyes to the health and benefits of a lifetime of learning. This is a far cry from my undergrad days and the desire to simply “get things done.” This idea connotes the “Reflexive Learning” discussed by Whittock in Reflexive Teaching, Reflexive Learning from Session 1. Truth be told, regurgitation was my primary focus at the outset of this MBA program. The beauty in this program has been the requirement to persevere and understand the need to understand. I have found it is easier as I have grown older to slow things down in a way that leads to better understanding or at least a better attempt at it. Perhaps more than anything this degree has taught me patience.

Some issues I have faced in this program are issues I face even as I type this. My fear is that I do not know enough. I constantly worry that the information I have acquired as an MBA student will somehow drop out beneath me as I mix it up with other MBAs on a daily basis (if such a thing actually exists). Maybe I struggle a little bit with the Imposter Syndrome, that somehow I should not be here and that my progress to this point has been positive academically, but will offer unforeseen and insurmountable challenges in the real world. Do any of you share this? I suppose if a few of us do, the chances are many more have as well which would me we will be ok in the long run. Alternatively, the ability to say I will have my MBA soon is an empowering one that fills me with equal parts humility and healthy pride.

As I have shared in earlier discussion throughout this class, this season of life has been challenging in numerous ways, particularly my willingness to surrender all aspects of my life to Christ. My stubborn nature makes this concept difficult and vulnerability, even to the Creator feels too big of an ask at times. Thankfully during this degree program Christ has put it on my heart to relax and let Him work. I do not typically over-spiritualize things, but this is something only God could do for me. The peace and freedom that has accompanied my surrender has been uplifting not only for myself, but those around me. For this I am eternally grateful. I am not a believer in health and wealth as it pertains to faith in Christ, but I do believe Christ offers a peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7, ESV). This peace is my desire, and wisdom and discernment is my prayer.

I hope each of you have had a positive experience in your pursuit of your MBA. Stay the course. We are so close.

All the best,