Would You Like To Step Into The Office?

I'd like to introduce you to Grace. She is strong and beautiful. She has an understanding spirit that most do not have. She is silent, but works hard when needed most. In fact, although she is seldom recognized for her labors, she never stops working. Even when those she serves do not recognize her, she just keeps on going. Grace is employed in the same office as Works. It seems like Works gets all of the praise, while Grace sits quietly nearby. She just watches carefully for the next assignment. She usually doesn't have to wait very long. But Works isn't all bad. He's tall and handsome, and ready to spring into action. Works, however, is so busy and so hurried that he seldom gets everything done just the way he should. He kind of has the idea that if he looks very active, then the small details won't matter. Works has lots of friends, in fact he's the darling of society. Nevermind that Grace is always tying up his loose ends. Works has a desk right next to Judgment. Judgment is not popular at all. When he walks into the office everyone gets quiet. Even if they are not really busy, they try to look busy. Judgment is a great book keeper, but a sorry friend. I don't even know a friend that Judgment has. It seems like whoever dares to get close to him finds that their other relationships suffer. Maybe it's not his fault. Judgment has a job to do, and nobody does it as completely as him. Like Grace, Judgment's efforts are complete and he is never willing to rest when something requires his expertise. Having these three working in the same office would be really difficult. Grace just doesn't really get along with Works, mostly because Works thinks he is more important. He snubs her at every chance he gets. And Grace, lovely as she is, doesn't hang out with Judgment. She's one who brings people together, and Judgment has a way of dividing people. Even Works and Judgment do not especially get along together. Works sees Judgment as as slave driver who is never happy. Judgment sees Works as lazy and self-motivated. Moreover, Judgment and Works see Grace as an enabler who lets too many people off the hook. Really, this office is always in chaos. And I haven't even told you about Mercy, who triumphs over Judgment. Those two can get in a tangle in a hurry. But there is another worker who kind of balances everything together. Somehow she manages to find a way to draw each of them together so that they find the perfect combination of their strengths in order to bring about the greatest amount of good. You see, none of these are terrible people. But when they work outside of their roles, things can get pretty screwed up. The worker in this office who puts it all together in just the right way, is Love. I don't even know how she does it. But I do know that when there is a problem somewhere, usually it is because Love is out of the office. When she returns, I'm always amazed at how she counters the negative, enhances the positive, and draws together the unlikely office staff. All of them are important in their own way, but without Love it all falls apart. "And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." [Colossians 3:14] _____________________________ Thanks to JIM MARTIN'S BLOG for sparking some thoughts with his latest post. Also thanks to BLOGGER for the interruption in allowing comments on blogs. All bloggers live for comments. Without comments we stop writing. This thing feeds itself. Come on people, what do you think we're supposed to do with ourselves? We're wringing our hands wondering if one soul in the universe took five minutes to read one of our prolific thoughts. And you ... promise us the world ... and give us ... no comments.