I understand we are in the religious discussions area, so we need to be reasonable in this discussion.
I have always found it suspect that when something *good* happens the idea is to give God credit saying he has "answered prayers," but when something *bad* happens something along the lines of God's will is the answer.
(1 Thess. 5:16-18).
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Couldn't it be as simple as the powers at Corporate finally decided to make a move for your career as these other managers have been pushing for? What happened to your own merit and the recommendation of these others for the given promotion?
last year we did a 6 billion dollar buyout for another company.
so they pretty much halted everything.
Even this year there were questions as to what they were going to do.
however it seems they are done with the merger holds and releases.
we are a single income family. our van is starting to break down. in the past 6 months I have dumped almost 3500
dollars in it to keep it running.
I like the fact I don't have a car payment, but I don't like the fact of having to keep dumping money into it.
frankly it is only going to get worse. I need at least 1 more year out of it.
in order to get another vehicle I needed a promotion to generate the needed pay raise.
that is how you make money in my company. you move up.
God provided once again and it isn't the first time.
I can't count the number of time in the past I needed 40 or 50 extra dollars and someone would call
with a computer issue and need their computer fixed.