2.14.2005
Defense
I will probably delete this entry after I cool down.
As I've said before I work for my father, who owns his own company. One of his employees, who has been sort of a friend of the family and is also a christian brother, quit today. He was making his rounds telling everyone, and stopped in the office across from mine, which is occupied by one of the VP's. Eventually he began bad mouthing my father, and so I started listening.
Now you have to realize that I grew up as a rebellious son who severely disrespected my father in many ways. The Lord has been seriously transforming me to the point that I know have an extreme (not really the best word) amount of respect for my father and am now very defensive of him. I've come close to punching one my siblings when they've disrepected him, but I thought that would only make him look worse.
So as this man was disrespecting my father, I felt my body temperature raise about 10 degrees and felt the sudden urge to go tackle this 250-pound man (I'm 5' 5", 155 lbs). I like this guy though, so I kept my composure and just said "you better go in another room if you're going to disrespect my father." He was a bit defensive and tried to explain his position and I just said "He's my father, and you know how sons can get about their fathers, so just don't talk about him." I've never felt so much passion about my father in my life. He afterward came and pseudo-apologized, and I had no angry feelings. Just wanted to get that out of my system as my blood pressure is still on its way down.
I will probably delete this entry after I cool down.
As I've said before I work for my father, who owns his own company. One of his employees, who has been sort of a friend of the family and is also a christian brother, quit today. He was making his rounds telling everyone, and stopped in the office across from mine, which is occupied by one of the VP's. Eventually he began bad mouthing my father, and so I started listening.
Now you have to realize that I grew up as a rebellious son who severely disrespected my father in many ways. The Lord has been seriously transforming me to the point that I know have an extreme (not really the best word) amount of respect for my father and am now very defensive of him. I've come close to punching one my siblings when they've disrepected him, but I thought that would only make him look worse.
So as this man was disrespecting my father, I felt my body temperature raise about 10 degrees and felt the sudden urge to go tackle this 250-pound man (I'm 5' 5", 155 lbs). I like this guy though, so I kept my composure and just said "you better go in another room if you're going to disrespect my father." He was a bit defensive and tried to explain his position and I just said "He's my father, and you know how sons can get about their fathers, so just don't talk about him." I've never felt so much passion about my father in my life. He afterward came and pseudo-apologized, and I had no angry feelings. Just wanted to get that out of my system as my blood pressure is still on its way down.
