In my absence, a colleague decided to offer some advice to my staff related to some personal life choices. When I returned, the staff expressed to me how this advice was not appreciated. “Yes, she meant well, but . . . how dare she!” was exclaimed. Once I asked what exactly was said, I responded, “Well, I say that all the time.” “Yeah, YOU can say that! Not her!” Perhaps, my colleague, in this instance as well as myself in other instances, could benefit from following a model God Continue Reading
Who Is With You?
He stood tall in stature, he was physically attractive, muscular, wealthy, and powerful! “Who is ‘he’?” you ask. “…and why is ‘he’ not here with me?” Well single ladies, you can find him in the book of 1 Samuel. What happened is, God relented and gave the Israelites their first King. His name was Saul. Some of the first few words of assurance this seemingly “good catch” received are “. . . God is with you.” (1 Samuel 10:7) Despite God’s promise to be with him, Saul held strong to Continue Reading
That Tone
I work in a retail setting. Translation: I serve the public and on any given day any given person with any given personality, attitude, hang-up, mood, or body odor is more than welcomed to grace me with their presence. For the most part, my clientele is nothing short of lovely. There are, of course, exceptions. My recent encounter was one of those exceptions. A lady asked for me to fill only one of the two prescriptions she dropped off. “Yes, ma’am,” I said. Then she asked me (and I use the Continue Reading