[CS-FSLUG] Career paths

[Tim Young]

This past Sunday our pastor gave this illustration, which was something 
that struck me.

"A Christian, Chinese rice farmer had to pump water up to his farm each 
day.  The terraced farms took a lot of effort to fill up, so that the 
rice had enough water.  Each farmer would spend much of their day 
hauling water.

The farmer whose terrace was immediately under the Christian's one day 
broke the wall of the terrace and drained the water out of the 
Christian's terrace.  The Christian patched up the wall, and re-pumped 
the water.  After this happened a few times, the Christian started 
discussing the issue with his friends to determine what the right 
response was.  One of the friends said, 'If all we do as Christians is 
what is right, then we are a sorry lot.'  Basically, there is a 'right' 
response, and there is something greater than that.

The next day the Christian farmer simply pumped his neighbors field 
first, then pumped his own.  The neighbor was astounded and ended up 
talking to the Christian to determine why he did that.  Because of this 
event, the neighbor became a Christian."

I work in basically an all-Christian environment, and so I do not have 
to deal with anything close to what you are dealing with.  But I believe 
the truth still holds true.  Even as you are trying to look for a new 
job, continue to ask the Lord to help you love your accusers, and to 
find ways to show them love.

    - Tim Young

Nathan T. wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm being accused perpetually of being a liar at work. It happened  
> when we had a shoplifter, and when I told the managers they called me  
> a liar and refused to take it seriously until the shoplifter was  
> caught on camera trying the stunt again. (snip)
>