So, I just got back from a very long work trip in Tyler, Texas…I know..its kinda like, what the heck are you doing there? 100,000 Population, not much to do, just a lot restaurants and cows.
Anyways, so what can you get out of this now?
Well first off, who here can say that their co-workers know that they are Catholic? OR who here can say that its easy for them to live out their faith in their work place?
For me, I found it very difficult in trying to live out my CFC-Youth/Catholic lifestyle within my work area. Then I realized this..
UH OH…here we go.
So, if you can just grasp how a business works…someone, or some family has invested ALL their time, ALL their money into hopefully achieving success in their business. They work day in, day out, sweat, tears, stress, and even get to the point of almost failing.
Okay…so you are telling us to do what exactly?
To be Catholic is to be a true servant, is to live simply to love extravagantly. What I witnessed in Texas was an amazing such a loving family putting literally EVERY SINGLE CENT, and efforts into having a success business.
With that said, you don’t have to make it known around the work area that you are Catholic, but what you should be doing is acting as one.
Appreciate the job you have. Work hard. What better way to love not just as a worker but to actually care about the work you put into your job. There are people relying on your hard work for their success. What better way to love them, then to take your job and actually care about it.
“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”
See the connection? We don’t necessarily have to have co-workers or bosses ask us if we are people of the Faith. As long as we show the lifestyle of a Catholic, that is more than enough. God will do the rest in asking them where our strength, compassion, perseverance, and faith comes from.
God has been so great to me. I need to take my job as a chef seriously. I need to take my life as a missionary seriously because I love what I do.
People have invested all their effort and time into their business/jobs/missions. Lets help them invest time into our God by being servants. Being missionaries. By living simply, and loving more extravagantly.
Deo Gloria!
PS, feels good to be back in Canada. I love my country.