Leave it outside…
I had several “basic rules” that I developed and used over the years. They are the result of my experiences and my diverse career tracks. When it came to employee relations, two rules stand out.
1. I do not care if you are black, white, brown or green; male, female or in between. Show up on time, do the job you are being paid to do, do the job the way you were trained to do it, take care of the customers, and do not become a source of chronic problems, and you can work here long after I am gone. And, many did.
2. At work, you are being paid for your time and efforts. We do not pay you to express or discuss your opinions on race, gender, age, religion or national origin. There are five imaginary “Olympic Pegs” outside the employee entrance. Hang your personal prejudices on them when you come in and, if you can’t live without them, pick them up again as you leave. But be warned, there is no room for them inside and they will not be tolerated here.
These normally pass the “smell test” when it comes to meeting federal, state and local standards. And of course, these were and are the standards established by the government through law, regulation or the current “tempest in the tea-pot.” That makes them “Caesar’s Law.” God has His own standards and His are much higher. If you are wondering, God signed off on my two rules a couple thousand years ago, give or take. God has His own set of rules called commandments. If that sounds stronger than just rules, good, they were so important for us to know and remember, He wrote them down on tablets of stone, twice.
Further discourses on this are for another time, but for the moment, think on this. The time will come when each of us will account before God for our actions and attitudes. So remember, we all eat, drink, work, socialize, and some may even sleep with, someone who is breaking, or has broken, one or more of God’s commandments without repentance, and remember those babies were written in stone!
The issues raised in my two rules are cause for us all to pray and seek the face of God. Are we to be the hurried priest or the lowly Samaritan on these tough issues?
The Snake Killer
I thoroughly enjoyed reading that Paul! I pray to be the lowly Samaritan….bought some shoes quite similar to what they used to wear. Perhaps practice….?? Thank you!