"Master, Simon replied, "we worked hard all last night and didn't catch a thing, but if you say so, we'll try again." And this time their nets were so full they began to tear! A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking.
When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said, " Oh, Lord, please leave me - I'm too much of a sinner to be around you." For he was awestruck by the size of their catch, as were the others with him. His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed.
Jesus replied to Simon, "Don't be afraid! From now on you'll be fishing for people! - Luke 5:10
The past one year work has been very challenging. Summer 2013 came and went. I didn't get to take vacation with my family. I have been in the middle of closing out one complex project and executing others. The experiences during these times have been a first for me, and it has been an amazing journey. As in the scriptures quoted earlier, the amazement of Peter and the others were from the size of the catch from the same place they had fished all previous night and had come up empty.
My team is overseeing an $18 million dollar project of which approximately $10 million was defined scope and contracts were executed with vendors. Remaining work was being put in place as the main project was ongoing. The proposals received from contractors and subcontractors for the additional work was 100-300% above our estimates and budget. Negotiations were stressful. As we tried determining the reason for the price variation, we realized that the contractors were putting in the exorbitant cost figures probably knowing that we had our backs to the wall.
There were meetings that I walked out of without much expectations as we could not come to terms. When I took my current job, it was on a promise from God that he was going to lead me, he was going to have his Spirit go ahead of me and make the impossible, possible. I started fasting and praying expecting God to move the mountains for me and scheduled a final series of meetings with the vendors. We scheduled additional site meetings to go over the scope of the remaining work. I was amazed at the meekness of our counterparts at the last series of cost negotiating meetings. We successfully negotiated all the change orders under our budget. As each meeting with the separate vendors concluded, mostly within half hour of its starting, I knew in my mind and heart without an iota of doubt that God was present making their arguments moot and giving our arguments favor in their minds. All I can say is, my team and I, as Peter and his group, were awestruck at the results. He makes the impossible, possible!
Thank you Lord!
Helen Baylor - Our God is an awesome God!
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