Golden Child

I was reminded earlier this week of a conversation I had with a co-worker a few years ago. We worked at a manufacturing company in the shipping department. I had only been there about two years, my co-worker had been there about twenty four years. So quite the distance in time between us in years of service. Since I still considered myself a "new" employee, I would do whatever needed to get the job done. Come in early, stay late, whatever. He was a forty hour a week guy and out the door. So he started calling me the "golden child". He told me that according to our boss, I could never do any wrong. He kept making fun of me about this.

I asked him what he meant by calling me the golden child? Did he mean that because I would do what the boss would ask me without complaining. Did he mean put in the extra time, again without complaining. Did he mean never calling in sick or missing time. I told him I did what was expected of me. My boss expected me to be there everyday. He expected me to do my job. So apparently I was making my co-worker look bad by doing all that.

I told him that I wasn't working for my boss or even the company. I was working for Jesus. Just like the book of  Colossians says,

Colossians 3:23

New Living Translation (NLT)

²³ Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

So I urge everyone that is working at a job. Do it willingly. You may not like it, but God has you there for a reason. I know this first hand! Praise the Lord for my job!

Misguided Thinking

So the other night at our park district girls softball practice, the subject of being gay came up in conversation. Amongst the girls, not me. They were talking about the tv show Glee and how some of the characters are gay. One girl started saying how it is ok with God to be gay. That's when I got involved. I told her that it is NOT ok with God. Homosexuality is a sin, and if you practice it you will not inherit the Kingdom of God. I told her that as Christians, we love the sinner and hate the sin. Then she proceded to tell me that it says in the Bible that it is ok to be gay. Really? Tell me where. It is not in there anywhere. I asked her when the last time that she read her Bible was. She couldn't tell me. I told her I could come up with a couple of Scripture passages that show that God is against this sin.

1 Corinthians 6:⁹ Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, ¹⁰ or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Then 1 Timothy 1:8-11.

Then she wanted to know how come God made them gay. I told her that God didn't make anyone a homosexual. He gives us free choice. We can either choose to live for Him, or not for Him. He let's us choose.

She kept wanting to argue, but I just said enough was enough and continued practice. I feel for this younger generation. They are lost and need to hear the Truth. Not worldly lies.