May 9, 2022
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Update on Podcast.
I apologize for not consistently publishing weekly.
Don't like to use the excuse of being busy because I believe
everyone's busy and we make time for what's important to us.
I think the biggest reason is I've been struggling a bit with
the vision for the podcast.
I love doing interviews and I love the topic of faith at work,
but haven't felt like the interview possibilities that have come my
way were a good fit, and I personally have been spending my own
learning time digging into topics related to my Messianic beliefs,
end times prophecy as it relates to current events, and God's
calendar, specifically learning about the Zadoc calendar.
I feel like I owe to you, my listeners, however, to be
consistent with the content you've come to expect, and I know
recently I've veared off topic from the faith at work topics and
delved into some of these topics I'm personally passionate
about.
I don't want to turn this podcast into whatever is on my mind
and want to stay consistent to the theme. I've thought about
starting a 2nd podcast or maybe a Youtube channel to dig into some
of these other topics I'm interested, but I'm don't have the time
to do that right now.
My intent is to get back on track to publishing regularly and
try to begin doing interviews again.
Been lavishly giving out CMAD cards.
Received a form of that from one manager who complimented me
while copying on the email my boss.
Thought about the importance 1 Corinthians 13:7, talking about
agape or God type of love “bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.”
It’s easy to find fault in others at work, and sometimes
corrections are needed though if you’re an individual contributor
like me and don’t have direct reports you probably don’t need to be
correcting anybody.
When someone gives me an attaboy I find it very motivating and
inspiring and helps me to enjoy my day and be more thankful.
It just so happens that a video popped up in my Youtube feed
by John Gottman called Making Marriage Work. He listed 4 what
he called the 4 horseman of the Apocalypse when it comes to
marriage, i.e. 4 behaviors that were strong predictors of
divorce. #3 on his list, which he said was the greatest
predictor of divorce, was Feeling and showing disrespect and
contempt for your spouse. He said this was different than
just being critical and involved feeling superior to your
spouse.
The opposite of that, the behavior of people he called the
Masters, who had successful marriages, had respect and were proud
of the people they loved, creating a culture of appreciation,
catching your partner doing something right, it was a reminder
to me that while marriage may be our most important relationship on
earth, because we spend of our time at work and because we can
potentially interact with so many people at work, our work
relationships are very important as well, and the lessons that we
can learn from the Bible and good teachers about these
relationships will often apply to both our family relationships and
our work relationships.
Jesus is all about relationships. It's why He created us
and why He died for us.
If you want to be reminded about the heart of your Savior for
You, read John 17 sometime. What He called the 2 greatest
commandments are to Love God and Love Others and the 10
commandments and all the laws in the Torah can be tied to those 2
commandments, which are both all about relationships.
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Decided against the essentials primarily because I didn’t have
peace about the idea of selecting a few verses as being more
important than others. I feel like as Christians we already do
enough of what done have called Bible nuggets where we focus on a
single verse and miss out on the context.
So I’m going back to using this “E” section for what is
intended originally to give an example of faith at work, though
with a twist.
If I don’t feel like I have a good positive example, but have
a negative example, I’ll share that.
This week my family and I were on a mini-vacation and out to a
restaurant.
The owner was making his rounds and talking to each table out
on the deck.
There was a couple next to us.
I overheard the owner talking to a man from the couple, I
noticed he kind of ignored the man’s wife, and he was telling a
fairly long story then said goodbye.
I wasn’t intentionally eavesdropping but since I was playing
with my baby granddaughter I overheard the man say to his wife “he
absolutely didn’t want to hear anything I had to say, when I talked
he said “well anyways” and went on talking.
It occurred to me that from a business standpoint the owner
would have been better off not talking to his customers because he
made such a bad impression.
It reminded how important it is for all of us in our work,
whether we deal in customer service or just deal with fellow
employees, to listen intently to others and focus on them and not
on getting our point across.
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But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a
snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people
into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all
kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered
away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. But as
for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:9-11 - NKJV
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Jokes
Why do watermelons get married? - Because they
Cantaloupe