Good morning! The time for me to return to work has arrived... actually just the morning, it isn't quite time yet. It was a nice cool night, but like me, you are probably finding it difficult to cool down your house these days. The heat of summer has got into the cement, the drywall, and most everything else by now. Attention! No, not as in listen up, but as in recognition. We want it, we desire it, but often we don't know how to get it in the right way. One of the big black marks against any organization is a failure to recognize its employees. Worse would be when volunteer organizations fail to recognize the volunteers in some way. Yes, we are storing up treasure in heaven, but it is also good for a peer to say a "thank you" or to send a note or card in even the small things. I don't think that God takes away our reward in heaven when honest compliments or awards are given here on earth; that would be out of character for a loving father, and we know that God is the ultimate loving father. Now if we seek only the acclaim of man, then that is probably all that we will receive. Accept the honest compliments of your brothers and sisters in Christ with good grace and no false modesty. When we say, "Jesus is Lord!" we not only pledge our allegiance to him, but we also pay him a sincere compliment.
Let the glory of the Lord rise from us!
Bucky
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