Monday, May 11, 2009

Sleeping on the Job??





"Sleeping
on
the
Job"






Hello My Blog Family,

Thought I would drop in and let you all hear from me. I am well and blessed. I have really been busy lately and very shackled to my new vice...."facebook" A great communication's tool and a wonderful way to renew friendships, find new ones, and learn many exciting things. I thank God for a whole new network of friends and new discovered family members.

Today was a great day. I slept in because of a wonderful and streneous Mother's Day weekend in Houston, Texas, with parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, in-laws, and the Cornerstone Baptist Church family in which my son, Rev. Kraig Lowell Pullam is Pastor. After waking up and going through my morning rituals, I finally got around to replying to 20 Mother's Day text I received the day before. I returned a phone call to my Nephew, Mark Pullam in Denton Texas, then I spoke briefly with my brother, Rev. Monty Francis, in Dallas Texas. My husband invited me to see an afternoon movie, " The Soloist" starring Jamie Foxx. I ate a small lunch, and then we were off to the 4:00 p.m. matinee.

As we conversated along the way, we came upon an elementary school that had been let out about 45 minuets earlier (3:00). A school crossing guard is required to stay on duty until, withheld elementary students are released, and the nearby middle school is released for the day (at 4:00), so that those children can also safely cross the street of a busy intersection. My husband noticed the crossing guard first, and alerted me to look to my left to see her sitting in a folding chair, under a shade tree, on the corner of the intersection, by the school. Oh my God! She was fast asleep. She wasn't looking out for any children or the traffic. My husband chuckled at the fact, that he could visualize a child tapping her on the shoulder to wake her and say...."excuse me, can you help me cross the street please?" LOL. She was sleeping on the job. A very important job, that if it is not properly done, can prove to be very fatal.

After we left the movie, we ate at one of our favorite dinner places, Cracker Barrel restaurant. We have several favorite servers that we like. Today we had our 1st choice waiter, Mr. Nathaniel Stewart, who is the son of a preacher. He always share a problem, situation, or ask a question of a spiritual nature, or about raising kids or how to invest, etc. Today, he had a story about a testimony of a Muslim who turned Christian. He told of the resentment of this Muslim's father and a plot to kill him for disgracing the family. One day the Muslim's father ridculed him and gave him an ultimatum to either return to his Muslim religion or drink a poisonous mixture from a cup. He again refused the Muslim faith, then raised the cup high and said to the Lord..."for you I drink this cup". Nathaniel continued to tell us (with other customers waiting) that after drinking the poison, he was ordered to lie down and await his death. The Muslim testified that his body rejected the poison by regurgitation and did NOT die. He was then ordered to leave his home, and as he did, a servant was ordered by the Muslim turned Christian's father, to poison his son as he walked down the path by bow and arrow. With great pain, the Muslim continues his journey. Before the slow acting poison could kill him, natives found him and nursed him back to health, and he is a Christian Missionary today.

The entire time Nathaniel was telling this story, my mind could only think about how just a couple of hours before, we saw an employee sleeping on the job. Now, here is another employee, not only doing the job in which he was hired, but sharing a story of a real testimony of encouragement, to be steadfast and unmovable on our Christian journey.

I wonder if we are just doing what HAS to be done as Christians, or are we striving to go a little over the top for Kingdom building? God forbid that ANY of us, who claim to be a child of the King, is "sleeping on the job"!! Not only will it prove to be dangerous....but fatal.


Therefore, my beloved brethren,
be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.


I Corinthians 15:58



Our Server
Mr. Nathaniel Stewart

Not sleeping.
Going beyond the call of duty.





Be Blessed!!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Goodness gracious.....mom this is powerful......hold on let me try and pull it for you...........He Will.....Oh yes he will...

Okay I'm back....lol....that is powerful. I am glad you all had a great weekend and I am sure that you and your husbands hearts just overflowed with joy to see your son graduate this past weekend.
I know you all ran into a few bumps in the road with the car break in but the Lord still provided. Praise God.

Enjoy your day and I'll see you on facebook soon...

Tony

Pastor Lance A. Mann said...

I am happy glad that you had such a wonderful day on Sunday. And as one of your sons, let me say that We love you greatly!

Lance

Pastor A. A. McGhee said...

That will preach! Thanks for sharing such an insightful post. As always you know how to leave something on my mind.

Pastor W.L. Pullam said...

This is a great and thought provoking post. Very insightful, and inspiring, as usual.
I agree,that, yes, this will preach: L O L. In fact, I got quite a few thoughts when I witnessed the event and quite a few more as I read your blog.
Thank you my dear. Truly: God is good!
"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful." I Corinthians 4:2.
Therefore we cannot afford to be caught "sleeping on the job."

Pastor Kevin Lanier Pullam said...

Wow... Mom, great post. Thanks for sharing.

Kevin

Jennifer McGhee said...

What a nice post. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Fitts said...

Mother, I see you are still blessings folks. Looks and sounds like you had a great time.

Miss you and love you much!

DeAntwan

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