Slave For You

#113: You Drive Me Crazy

I've proven it. It's not my hormones going haywire or whatever you can link to Pre-Menstrual Syndrome. There's really something that triggers the temptation to "strike the rock." This morning, he called me to make an issue out of a non-issue so I could feel that after many days of successfully juggling all the requirements of the world for this brand milestone, I've still managed to fall short. And this is after showing me that he's willing to fake sickness to skip work or skip a leg of the project for a 'shallow' reason. (His words, not mine.)

No no no no no. I will not take that. I immediately called our technical group to verify the concern. It was apparently a case of lack of understanding of the real issue on top of a lack of understanding of the real substance of a brand manager's work. (Someone pointed out that I have longer brand experience than this person does but he insists on asserting his omniscience and royal highness.) And I've never heard him say to me, "Thank you" or "Great job."

Last Saturday, during our Praise & Worship gathering, the first teaching revolved around Ephesians 6:5-8.

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men,

8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.


And while I'm not a fan of superficiality or fakery, I am a believer in self-control and in submission to the Lord.

I have a friend who always answers this lovely line whenever I ask him how he is: "God is good. All the time." Then he waits for me to answer, "And all the time, God is good." He may be going through the darkest nights or the driest of days but he continues to start with, "God is good all the time."

So ask me now how I am with the things at work.
Let me answer, "God is good all the time."