Blessings of Diligence and Faith

A couple weeks ago Paul and I held interviews for new managers for one of our apartment complexes that we oversee. We got the 12 narrowed down to 3 that we really liked. It wasn't an easy process. We had a lot of great couples who interviewed. We finally decided on the one couple whom we thought would be the best fit for what we were looking for although there was one other couple who was so close it was almost an eeny, meeny, miny, moe decision. Well, we let the 11 couples know that we were glad they'd interviewed with us but that we had made a decision on another couple. We told that couple that came in the close second that we wanted to keep their resume on file so we could talk to them again in the fall when we would have another opening. Well, I called our #1 couple to give them the good news and she said that they had accepted a position just 3 days prior at another apartment complex. I was sad that we couldn't hire them but also glad that I could use couple #2! So, I called couple #2 back to give them the good news. She was so excited! Later on I learned about what couple #2 had gone through prior to this job acceptance and I couldn't help but wonder if I had really listened to the spirit or not when we decided to hire couple #1. She said that she had been praying really hard about being able to get this job because her fiance had just lost his job that week. Just the day before we hired them, she had been to the temple all day praying that this job would work out for them. You can understand her complete disappointment after getting my first phone call that we had hired someone else! The news coming only a couple hours later that we really WERE going to hire them was a HUGE answer to her prayers! Her faith in the Lord and her diligence in going to the temple paid off! I know that not all problems will work themselves out this way but what a great example to follow! I know that going to the temple, having faith, and praying is the best way to talk to the Lord about our concerns and our problems. He really does listen to us and when we really, truly seek that answer, he'll answer us one way or another. "Blessed are they who have kept the covenant." D&C 54: 6

"If our people will faithfully attend the temple the Lord will bless them in the following ways:

Greater love and unity in the home.
Businesses & Professions will prosper.
Their children will be saved.
Angels will protect them."

Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone