“Your words have supported those who were falling; you encouraged those with shaky knees.”

Is your organization filled with Teflon or Velcro?  What do I mean with that question?  Teflon organizations don’t let negatives get them down.  They don’t allow the comments of others to stick, but instead get the meaning across and then roll off.  These are cultures where those from the outside can’t understand how plainly and sometimes bluntly people can speak the truth.  These cultures can also be ones that move faster with less friction. The downside is that positive comments can also roll off too fast and should stick a little longer.  Velcro cultures are just the opposite.  Everything sticks and nothing is easy to move.  One small comment can be debated and fretted over forever and then everything gets jammed up.  Funny thing about a Velcro culture is that the negatives still stick way more than the positives. The positives, are almost like the Teflon culture in that they get drowned out and ignored quickly, because there are so many negatives sticking around.  Which is your culture?  Which are you supporting inside of the culture?

As ones who are striving to bring glory to God in our work, to bring purposed working to life, we can’t be people of Velcro.  We have to be encouraging, optimistic, hopeful, positive and uplifting in our demeanor and spirit.  If we aren’t then we are like the ways of the world and we have nothing to stand with as our example of the love, grace, mercy and hope of Christ. Let’s check ourselves today and be sure that we have on our Teflon and not our Velcro as we finish this week.

I realize for many of you, today will be the last day of work before Christmas.  Purposed worKING will be here Monday the 23rd and then off to celebrate Christmas for the rest of the week.  For those checking out today, Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!  May it be the best Christmas yet for you!

Reference: Job 4:4 (New Living Translation)