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really worship; really show your love to the Lord God our Father, when you
continue in caring for widows and orphans – all those whom the world abandons,
and when you keep yourself pure for Him. (James 1:27)
Anyone, any organization, can care about
people for a time. It is relatively easy to motivate your people to muster
great effort and to perform a heroic, one-time deed. Will you do the ongoing
work, and pay the increasing costs required to build and sustain a culture of
caring? Changing culture requires the discipline of habit, and habit comes from
frequent, consistent, intentional communication. What you focus on is what will
happen. With all the demands of your organization, will you focus primary attention
on the welfare of the people God has given to you for care?
The writer of this letter is so frank; so
direct. Two hard tasks are defined. Consistently care for everyone – regardless
of their productive value (what they can do for you) and consistently challenge
yourself to be disciplined in the way you follow God’s plan for your life in
every detail. Wow! What a challenge.
Take that challenge and make it your own. Be
the person God calls you to be. Continue to invest in your people every day to
help them create a culture of caring.
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