Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Pray for more work

Today @ work I had a young man at work, making comments that I don't put him on the Schedule. He kept mentioning another guys name, that this guy was on the schedule more than he was. He was in front of many workers & making indirect pop shots @ me. So I went to talk to him after he got out of the office, & confronted him & told him if he had anything to say to me not to be a coward, & take indirect shots @ me , because I don't play like that. This kid is about 18, out of school, does whatever he wants, stays out all night drinking, comes to work all hung over. Well first of all, there isn't any work, so pray for work, a bunch of workers are getting mad because they don't have hours for the week. Our work is seasonal, we make all our money over the summer, but after summer work gets really slow. The guys get mad & start murmuring, and they think I am the one not wanting to work them. I have been instructed to give work to certain people who have families first, then the youngsters who have no real bills to pay. I tried to explain this to him, but he got loud, so I just said what I had to say. Then the boss' son heard, & asked what was going on with this guys, so I told him & the next thing I know the boss asked me what was going on as well. This guy is sent home already , but he comes back into the office to talk to the boss about something. That is when it gets loud in his office. I just go about my business. Then this guy walks out of the office teary eyed & at that same moment the warehouseman is asking for help for tomorrow. So I tell him there's this guy, he gives him a look & says OK I guess. After that, my boss told me that he told this guy he needs to respect his authority, that if he was going to have attitude he could go find another job and that we are doing the best we can, we put people on rotation for the hour when there is not enough work. I was all shaking, because this little kid was giving me attitude, & my blood boils real fast. But I did manage to keep my testimony (thank God) because I didn't want to lost it in front of these people. When they put me in the office these guys thought that I was going to be their buddy & that they could do whatever they wanted. I can't be there buddy, I am their supervisor, people didn't like me much before because I wouldn't drink with them. But they respected me for it. I know they say stuff behind my back, but I don't care, I let Jesus take care of that. There is this older man who has been with the company for like 40 years or something, I like to tell him he helped Noah move the ark, or helped Moses move the 10 commandments. GET IT WE'RE A MOVING COMPANY. Anyway I can joke around with this man, he used to give me such a hard time when I first started. You know what? I prayed and prayed for him, & I know God moved his heart, because I got along with him just fine. Even before I started working in the office. Prayer works. So pray for our company for work, which means more tithe, pray for the young man he is lost, pray for me to be a testimony. That is how my day ended today, but you know what, I went to revival @ Central Baptist Church, & it was good, it blessed my heart, and it lifted my spirits. Just when you think you are @ the bottom, Jesus is there to lift you up. Amen. By the way, revival will be going on until Friday. It starts at 6:30, at Central Baptist Church.

2 comments:

Sal said...

what a great blog about the working man blues. well, not really the blues, but everything sounds better with "blues" after it.

praying for ya brother!

juan said...

@ sal thanx blues