As I approach my retirement date (January 22, 2010), I have a lot of loose ends at work to get tied up. One of them happens to be going through my files and discarding anything that isn't needed to be left behind to future folks doing my job. This morning, as I was going through these files, I came to one that was rather large. It housed expense vouchers that I had completed for various business trips over the years.
I found myself reading some of the business reasons for trips to various places like Dayton Ohio, Rochester New York, Bristol Tennessee and began remembering the details of those trips. Some dated all the way back to 1988!
You see, I have always had this paranoid thought in my head that one day the company may want to audit my vouchers and by hanging on to them, I would have a way to defend myself. I began thinking about what Jesus said according to the Gospel of Matthew....Chapter 6, verse 31: "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Over all the years of my career, I always had the fear that "big brother was watching". And now, as I throw away these files, it seems like I kept them all for nothing. As I think about our Lord and Savior, I now am striving to let go of a part of my life that has ruled me for 36 years....I'm finally letting go of "work worry". Yes, I am a little apprehensive about the days to come, only because I do not at this time know what they may bring. But I do know one thing...I will go wherever He may lead me.
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