The Love Cheer

Showing posts with label coworkers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coworkers. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

My coworker is Ichiban!

I really appreciate of one the colleagues that I work with. She's efficient, great at what she does, and very helpful to everyone. She inspires me greatly at work. To appreciate her, I thought I would get her one of her favor snacks from Aji Ichiban.

"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."

Friday, August 20, 2010

Trying to reduce the plank size

In my previous post, I wrote about a coworker that wasn't performing at work as she should be. Today, God gave me another chance to reach out to her and to build up our relationship. When she sent over her work to me for review, instead of railing on her and listing out all the changes she needed to make, I praised her for the work that she had done. And it wasn't the type of "oh, this is good, but...." type praise, but praise that I really meant from the bottom of my heart. Although it was only a few sentences, but I think it was enough to give her some encouragement. She seems to be performing a bit better at work these last few days. I hope that it persists, not just her performance at work, but more importantly, that my love for her will be consistent, so that she can see Christ in me. Christ loves us despite our work; we should love others the same.

"He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities... But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Loving my coworkers 2

I can't stand people who cheat the company that they work for. Now I'm not talking about going on Facebook at work when you should be analyzing those numbers, or "borrowing" a pen from the office to use at home, which are forms of cheating, or rather, stealing, as well. But I'm talking about blatantly cheating your boss by starting your own business on the side, operating this company during work hours, and stealing your boss's clients for your own.

There is a coworker that we speculate is doing this, and there's been talk of letting him go on numerous occasions. But for now, he's still around. Today, I had to contact him to discuss a new project, and when I got to him, I heard that his tone of voice was rather downcast. Now this is rather peculiar, because he normally is a fairly upbeat type of person. I asked if he was okay, and he said that he had some issues going on at home.

Although there was a part of me that thought, "haha, you are getting what you deserve after cheating the company so much." The other part of me realized that God loves this coworker as much as He loves me. So instead of continuing to wish ill, I prayed for this coworker, and sent him an email telling him that I'd be praying for him and his family. I also included a verse that the Lord had given me recently that had been an encouragement to me. Even though this coworker has not responded to my email, but I pray that he will be encouraged by the Word and presence of God.

Love challenge: Turn your ill wishes into acts of love!

"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."

Post script: My coworker replied and said thanks for the encouragement! :)

Friday, July 16, 2010

Loving my coworkers

Most Hong Kong ladies, especially housewives, love to collect stamps. These stamps that I'm talking about are not the stamps of old, which you use to send a letter by post with, but are stickers issued by various companies, like supermarkets, restaurants, retail stores, etc. to encourage customers to come back and shop or spend at their store. The more you spend, the more number of stickers you get. Once you collect over a certain number of stickers, you can trade them in for freebies, like toys, kitchenware, or even a chance to join a raffle to win something big, like a vacation overseas.

After making a run to the supermarket, I found myself holding a bunch of these stamps. Instead of collecting them to trade in for a cute stuffed animal, I decided to give them to the ladies at my office instead.

Love challenge: "And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."