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Men of Integrity, July/Aug 2000
From Slurs to Surprise
This Week's Theme: Work that Wins
Tuesday, August 15
Key Bible Verse: For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? (1 Thessalonians 2:19).
Bonus Reading: 1 Peter 2:18-21
I worked on a summer project with Campus Crusade for Christ. One goal was to invite our employer to an end-of-summer banquet where the gospel was presented. Unfortunately, my employer was a mean-spirited storekeeper who'd been invited summer after summer yet never attended.
Hector, a quiet Mexican-American student, worked with me at the store. Regularly, he endured racial slurs from our employer, yet never responded in anger. Some days the harassing was so great that I begged Hector to find another job. He only smiled and continued his work.
I walked to the closing banquet feeling sorry for Hector wasting an entire summer working for a boss unworthy of his labor. Imagine my surprise to see our employer sitting next to Hector. In a voice cracked with emotion, our boss explained the reason for his presence.
Throughout the summer, unknown to anyone, Hector had been sneaking into the storekeeper's disheveled warehouses and working through the night to organize and catalog the merchandise. In the final week of the summer, the storekeeper discovered Hector's servanthood.
—Jamie Winship in Discipleship Journal
Personal Challenge:
- How can you serve your boss in love?
Thought to Apply:
If we all become more Christlike, we shall not need any other bait.
—FRANK CROSSLEY (writer)
Credits: Adapted from—Tuesday: Discipleship Journal (1-2/00)
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July/August 2000, August 15, 2000
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