Success . . .

One of my blogs last week concerned the search for a capable and competent manager for two of the apartment complexes in West Texas . . . I am delighted to report success!!  However, it did not happen as I had imagined it would.  Let me explain.

 I had Linda publish a “Help Wanted” ad in the local paper advertising the position and the ad directed that resumes were to be mailed to one of the company’s local Post Office boxes (the one only Linda and I have access to).  There were a few job seekers who responded.  Linda collected and perused the resumes, and then faxed them to me.  I reviewed each one in my office last week and called each person submitting a resume.  I had a brief conversation with each one and scheduled an appointment for either Monday or Tuesday. There was one who I felt was a Stand-Out — just from that brief initial conversation and the strength of her resume.  In fact, I was pretty sure she was the one . . . she certainly seemed to show promise.  However, an hour before the interview, I received a text message from her advising me that her situation had changed since we had talked and she had “a conflicting appointment” that morning, and, thus, would be unable to keep the interview appointment as scheduled.  I was both concerned and a bit offended. However, I took it in stride and like other things in life that I can’t change, I simply moved forward.  I called the others scheduled for later interviews to see if I could fill the gap and make good use of my time.

 To make a long story short, I hired the guy schedule for a later interview.  I am pretty sure that I would have hired the lady who failed to keep the appointment, if things had worked out differently.  This evening I am quite confident that I hired the best person for the job. He is smart, has proved to be a quick learner and has shown himself to possess good people skills and comes with considerable management experience . . . and as an added bonus, he spent a few years in the Air Force and still maintains some of that military bearing and discipline.  I spent a few days training him on company policies, operating procedures, and policies. He did great with all of that. Then I shifted him over to Courtney’s capable guidance at the complex level and she is reporting that he is “Great.” This fellow is going to make a terrific manager and employee!  He is all business . . . and is strong enough to enforce the lease as necessary, yet tender enough to stop for a minute and push a lonely little tike on the swing set. 

 It Seems to me . . . that when we develop a plan and invest in that plan and then it craters . . . we are disappointed and confused. Yet, if we are alert, we may just discover that God usually has another plan . . . and His plan is always far better!

 I am pretty confident that is what transpired here . . . and I am thankful!  God brought this fellow all the way from Columbus, Ohio, to Snyder, Texas, three weeks ago, and it seems he had been here waiting for me to show up and offer him a position!  I don’t think that is a coincidence at all.  I think this is what is referred to as a divine appointment . . . and I am pretty certain that I know why . . . and what I am supposed to do in the days to come.

 Let’s see what happens!  I do like it when a plan comes together . . . I really like it when the Father’s plan comes together and I am permitted to be included in it!

 As Forrest Gump said: “That is just one less thang.”

 

 

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