Joy of our Lord

Last night it rained hard.

Morning came.

After breakfast I opened the front door and looked out at the porch for the morning newspaper: "Record Searchlight".

The paper was wrapped in a vinyl bag twice, and the opening was folded back tied down back to the paper, so water would not get in. And  it was placed right over the front porch gate.

On seeing the paper I thought, "Oh, he (or she) did a good job." And I was reminded of the days when I was doing the paper delivery in W. LA area. The paper was LA Times. My route was located in a residential area near the Wilshire Blvd. between Santa Monica close to Bundy and Veterans Hospital Hospital at Westwood. The number of papers was more or less 380. I woke up around midnight, went out to the delivery center, made bundles, load them up to the pick up, go to the route, and deliver. And you must finish the job by not too late like before 5 am. The pay was not much: close or $500 a month. Then when the next morning come (the night passes 12 midnight) you go out and see your boss: the boss hands you over a note showing how many papers you screwed up: some paper missing, some got wet (by virtue of paper landing on a wet spot, or even in a swimming pool, or paper bag not covering properly) on wet days, or the paper hitting the front gate, making loud noise waking up the customer, so the customer had to file a complaint even threatening to cancel the subscription etc and so forth. When this happens it was the boss who had to make up for the blunders.

So I know how hard the job is: It is not easy! Yet the paperman does a good job "all the time", like today! He or she (I don't know who that person is; I have the subscription for two years but never seen that person) has been punctual, with paper never missing, or landing in an odd spot. Thank you the delivery person for your service. You have been faithful/trustworthy with what is small!

And I am reminded of what the Lord said:

Matthew 25:21New King James Version (NKJV)

‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’"

May the joy of our Lord be yours!