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I'm going to be a homeowner ... Thanks you God!

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It has been a while ... but I'm back.

Thanks to God, I'm able to buy a house that I thought I cannot afford. Closing in less then a week. Moreover, I found out this week that I'm getting additional income from work (never expected it) ... that I consider to be birthday gift from God.

Some of you may say that it is my hard work that paid off. No, I believe it is God's hard work that paid off because I was angry at work. Man, if God was not there to hold me back, I would had gone ape and beat up some people.

Here is the situation at work (which I'm guessing that many of you are also currently in):

• With bad economy and poor management = high stress.
• Downsizing people but not the project = more work for each person.
• With poor morale and lack of expertise = not much willingness to work/learn.

In this non-nurturing environment, I'm being train by God on how to overcome the situation. Oh yes, I complained a lot ... but I also try to listen to God and do it his way ... not easy ... being a stubborn child, I would rather not do it, but I know God is right.

Here are some of the lessons:

• My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. (NIV James 1:19-20)

• "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." (NIV Matthew 7:1-5)

• "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." (NIV Matthew 7:7-8)

• "Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. (NIV Matthew 5:33-37) [for me, this means be the man of my words]

So, how are you doing?