I applied!
New Job for Dick Moore (Cactus)
New Job
In 1969 I realized I must find another job. My boss and I did not agree on anything. My wife at that time told me she always wanted to live in Denver. So I subscribed to the Denver Post; bought a Denver Metro Phone Book and sent a resume to all tv/radio stations, dairy companies, ad agencies and screen printing shops. I had two answers. An ad agency asked me to come see them for an interview. I arranged for a Friday off from my job, bought a plane ticket to Denver, CO, bought a new suit and prayed, “Lord, if this is wrong please stop me”. While I was on my knees in the small bathroom behind my office, the phone rang. It was the Post Office in Quincy. They asked me where to deliver a Special Delivery, Air Mail letter. They could send it to my P O Box, to my home address, the TV station or the dairy (In those days they actually delivered ‘Special Delivery’ letters.) I opted for the Post Office Box as I was going downtown to do a television show.
The letter was from the Ad Agency. They informed me that after reading my resume more carefully, they had decided I would not “fit in” on their staff. (I could understand why. It included the line that I did not drink or smoke, that I was a Gideon. If they sent me to work with a brewery in CO, I probably would cause a problem for the agency)..
I canceled the ticket and the motel reservation at Holiday Inn. I asked “Lord, are you sure?”
About a week or so later, my boss sent me out to the Farm Bureau for a Dairy Farmer meeting with the Health Dept. The subject was “Flies In The Milkhouse”. I felt I had no business at this meeting, but I obeyed. I kept my mouth shut but in my heart I openly knew why he had sent me to this meeting. He was hoping I would get mad an quit. I couldn’t afford to!
Anyway a dairy farmer came in and took a seat next to me and leaned over and said, “I want to talk with you after this meeting.” I recognized him as being a member of the Prairie Farms Board of Directors but I couldn’t think of his name.
I’m the new president of the American Dairy Association of Illinois and we are looking for a new manager. Are you interested?” he asked me. I was able to get my resume to him in the next 30 minutes and I assured him that I was. I would have to live in Joliet if I got this job and there were other applicants. My name would be included with theirs.
Well, I did get the job and I know now that the Lord engineered this meeting. It was not just a coincidence!”
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways, acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.”
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