Yes, that's right, an Icon. I "icon" for a living, so to speak.

"And basically, what is involved in being an Icon?"

To sum up my job in one word: Availability.

"Availability?"

Yes, Availability. My job is to wait patiently until needed, and to always be available when called upon.

"Then when you are called upon, you blossom into some incredible screen with many options and features, Right?"

No, not at all. I don't do any of that. In reality, I'm simply a pointer. I point at the software and the program does all the work, all the fancy stuff. I just point the user toward the software program.

"Sounds boring, almost unimportant. You sit there and point."

Perhaps, but how would anyone get to the program if I were not available to guide them? How would anyone use the software if I were not pointing the way?

"Don't you get frustrated, all that waiting, then your big moment comes, and the software program rushes in and takes all the credit?"

My job could never be frustrating for me, because waiting and pointing was all I was ever designed to do. If I tried to act like the program, I would fail miserably. Truth is, life is pretty good when I relax and do only that which I was created to do: wait and point.

"But those who don't know much about the program often look at you and assume you are the program?"

Yes, and that can be frustrating! I was created as a small image of the program; to represent the program; to point people toward the program, but I am only that, a small picture whose presence on the screen will hopefully attract people to the real program.

"And so you wait..."

Yes, and when called upon, I point. Then I wait again. Oh, but while I'm waiting, I often look out from behind my window, and watch as the person I pointed toward the program experiences the joy of the program that I pointed them toward. Even my simple life has its wonderful rewards.

"Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them;" Jude 1:21-23a