Profound lesson learned

I applied for a job in Amarillo, Texas. I am prepared, I am more than qualified, I know the manager there. I am respected by him. I've done all that I need to do to earn the job. I got interviewed. I was one of the top two people. The other was a guy already there, and so I knew that some things were stacked in his favor.

I got notified this week that I did not get the job. I was disappointed, but I've been through this before, so I allowed two days to be a bit bitter, disappointed, and to vent. Then it's back to work

Fine. Two days.

On day three, I get told by a friend at work who has connections, that they did not choose the other guy in Amarillo. They appointed a woman from another weather office who has less experience and not as good a reputation as me. I also found out that it was partly because she is a woman that she was appointed. The interviews meant nothing at all. Now I'm really venting, being bitter and disappointed.

Then I found out also that her husband is a forecaster in an even different weather office. So she and her husband are lead forecasters in two different weather offices a few hundred miles apart. That has got to be very difficult for them.

She told them she would take the job if they would also move her husband to Amarillo. They agreed. Turns out that a further different person in Amarillo, had just been transferred to Houston. So that left two openings in Amarillo, for which she and her husband qualified.

Coincidence? I think not.

I prayed in the car on the way to work and told the Lord that I knew the story of the gardener by Hugh B. Brown and that I knew He was the Gardener and I was the currant bush, but it was still hard. I also told him that I knew I had preached and taught that He is a loving God who takes care of his children individually and provides each one with the circumstances best calculated to bring him or her eternal life.

I then said to him that I was still disappointed. Why did I have to sacrifice like this, again? I did not want to be blessed if it meant someone else had to be cursed, but I did not understand. He told me that this woman will grow more in Amarillo than I ever would have. It will be a profound growth experience for her to work with the boss there, widely considered one of the best managers in the agency. Also...and this is the kicker...she and her husband need to be together. It is not good for the man to be without the woman. The Lord had planned and orchestrated a series of events which brought them together in Amarillo.

I was thunderstruck. What a slick thing He did. I could never do it, even if I had thought of it.

So I have no problem sacrificing for these two I do not know. And in this small way I can be a savior on Mt. Zion.

I love God.