Wednesday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day that the importance of reliability came to mind. As you grow up, my girl, be sure to be reliable. Integrity and honesty must be cornerstones of your life.
Early this morning, before the day began, I was thinking of some of the people who have passed through my working life and how unreliable they were. I was particularly reflecting on a teacher who I placed (twice in fact) and on both occasions she proved unreliable. After the first instance, I tried to justify it because she was really good at her job and I had another opportunity for her, but when she blundered the second time, I lost confidence in her. It has meant that when she came back to me, I absolutely could not help her, no matter how good she is. Such a pity.
It overflows to many areas of life – I don’t want to book a flight on KLM because last time, they changed their flights so many times, we had to cancel. They were just so unreliable, I can’t bring myself to use them again.
Honesty and reliability go hand in hand. When someone is dishonest, trust is broken and it’s hard to fix. Then later today, in our tiny little microcosm of the universe, we encountered dishonesty and we had to part company with the person. It’s so hard to do but there are consequences to actions.
I worked nearly 8 hours. The wind has blown the entire day. We had sand and stone delivered and lugged up the stairs. And Paul, the engineer came to inspect a tiny crack in the gabion basket. He laughed and said it’s not a crack – a crack is much bigger. It’s probably shrinkage. It was good we involved him. We also asked him about the decking outside Mike’s office and he’s happy with that design.
Proverbs 2:3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
It’s not about now. We are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂