Re: Modesty as described by the General Youth Divi
I will tell you something that some will not like here and I know it's not always like this.
My dad owned several service stations and he was treated the WORSE by people from our church. They expected everything free or extremely cheap, at the least. Many would run up gas credit (back then you'd just put it on your tab) and wouldn't pay it. It got so bad that he finally had to stop allowing people to have credit.
I learned many lessons from this - -
1. Church people aren't always perfect - they are just people like anyone else.
2. That my dad had a heart of gold. He never forced the issue with them. He would send an invoice for several months, but if they didn't pay he never "went after them"
3. Biggest lesson - - he treated them the same at church -- you would have never known they owed him a dime. However, many times, they would avoid him.
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Re: Modesty as described by the General Youth Divi
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Originally Posted by rgcraig
I will tell you something that some will not like here and I know it's not always like this.
My dad owned several service stations and he was treated the WORSE by people from our church. They expected everything free or extremely cheap, at the least. Many would run up gas credit (back then you'd just put it on your tab) and wouldn't pay it. It got so bad that he finally had to stop allowing people to have credit.
I learned many lessons from this - -
1. Church people aren't always perfect - they are just people like anyone else.
2. That my dad had a heart of gold. He never forced the issue with them. He would send an invoice for several months, but if they didn't pay he never "went after them"
3. Biggest lesson - - he treated them the same at church -- you would have never known they owed him a dime. However, many times, they would avoid him.
To avoid things like this, I was always taught to avoid doing business with people you go to church with, whether it be gardening, financial services, real estate, whatever. I have seen people go into things with so much faith and optimism, and come out so jaded.
The bottom line is, just like you said, that people are people, and there are bad ones as well as good ones in your church. The problem is that when they are "bad", and things go wrong, it is awfully hard to continue sitting in the same pew.
Re: Modesty as described by the General Youth Divi
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Originally Posted by dizzyde
To avoid things like this, I was always taught to avoid doing business with people you go to church with, whether it be gardening, financial services, real estate, whatever. I have seen people go into things with so much faith and optimism, and come out so jaded.
The bottom line is, just like you said, that people are people, and there are bad ones as well as good ones in your church. The problem is that when they are "bad", and things go wrong, it is awfully hard to continue sitting in the same pew.
I completely agree and have used that as a rule of thumb too!
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Re: Modesty as described by the General Youth Divi
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
(and just as a matter of record, the best auto mechanic we ever had was very much a non-Christian, but he was honest, always was very truthful with us, and never over-charged us. We trusted him completely. He unfortunately dropped dead of a heart attack last year. We had in the past taken our car to a mechanic who was a Christian, and well..... we didn't have such pleasant results, unfortunately.)
I know a man who is a non christian who was a service manager at a luxury vehicle dealership. He lost his job because he was always honest and would not push to sell service that people did not need. It did not take him long at all to find another job because he is knows his stuff and is great at what he does.
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Re: Modesty as described by the General Youth Divi
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Originally Posted by dizzyde
To avoid things like this, I was always taught to avoid doing business with people you go to church with, whether it be gardening, financial services, real estate, whatever. I have seen people go into things with so much faith and optimism, and come out so jaded.
The bottom line is, just like you said, that people are people, and there are bad ones as well as good ones in your church. The problem is that when they are "bad", and things go wrong, it is awfully hard to continue sitting in the same pew.
The exact same thing can be said for never dating anyone in your congregation either (assuming your single).
- Jeffrey, you are gonna get a tongue lashing for this!
We had in the past taken our car to a mechanic who was a Christian, and well..... we didn't have such pleasant results, unfortunately.)
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