AND!!!

A bit of a strange tittle for a post, but there it is. 🙂

It’s how I have been left feeling after an incident at work, or more to the point, as I was trying to leave work.

The short version, (I tried to write the long version, but it just didn’t work) is that I go through a security gate as I cycle home that is monitored by a camera and an intercom system. On one particular day, it just didn’t quite work, as I was trying to go home. I had to call the security on my phone instead, and even then, not only did I find out that the intercom was not working, but the gate release was also having a moment. I was effectively at the gate (rattling it a bit) inwardly screaming, “Let me go home!”

Eventually the gate did open, and I could go home.
I was just a bit annoyed, but looking back I wasn’t as annoyed as I think I could have been.
Is a previous post of “Take a breath, and remember to smile.” starting to become a part of me??? 🙂

I hadn’t reached the point of “And!!!”, just yet…. but it was coming.

The following days at work, and a number of emails titled, “When my day is finished, then let me go home!” Managed to bring me to it though.

The final email was very short. It stated that, “it was a switch that was stuck.”

I just looked at it and thought, …. “And!!!” …… “Are you going to fix said switch then???”

I spoke to my manager, and part of his response was, “you’re only going to annoy people if you keep going on about this. Perhaps they will fix it now that you have brought it up?”

It just left me thinking, “You’re just not getting this. It’s all well and good knowing there is a problem, but it’s not going to mean much, unless someone commits to fixing the problem.”

It brought back memories of “One Vital Step… Just not Done.” When the slow cooker was prepared, but not switched on.
Doing that last step does make all the difference.

I have to admit that I then went on a bit of a sulk mission, or a bit of a quiet quit.
I kind of thought “I can’t be confident that I’ll be able to leave the site without any problems and no one seems to care. So why should I care about any of my work that I’m expected to do? I’ll just do what I have to.”

Thank fully it didn’t last too long. I was soon reminded of the, “Accept, Repent and Forgive” way of thinking (I perhaps didn’t listen to it as quickly as I should have though. 🙂 )

It also got me thinking, do we quiet quit or go on a sulk mission when things don’t go the way we want them to in the church?
What I mean is, do we stop giving our best because we are upset with …… ??

Unfortunately it can be all to easy to fall into the wrong mindset, if we are not on our guard against it. We need to be on our guard against the enemy. Taking offence for anything and then going on a sulk mission could be one of the enemies biggest weapons that he has against us.

Instead, can we try to bring whatever is causing us grief to Our Heavenly Father for His input?
When He gives us His input, then will we be able to follow His leading?
Will we be able to take the path that He sets before us to take?

Will we be able to seek forgiveness and reconciliation in place of, I’m right and your wrong?
Will we be willing to ask, “Is there any offensive way in me?”
Will we be willing to listen to the answer, if Our God brings something to us?
And, then will we be willing to work on anything that we need to?
Following the prompting of Our Loving Heavenly Father?