Caring for People: A Most Important Job!

“No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” Good proverb and good practice! We are often long on knowledge and short on compassion; correct on doctrine, offensive in nature! We would do well to remember Jesus did not die for buses, budgets, and buildings; not for carpets, cooling, and committees. He died for people. Here are some common sense rules in working with people: Speak to people! There is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting. Smile at people! Smiling is the international language. It takes 72 muscles to frown but only 14 to smile. And it pays dividends! Call people by name! The sweetest music to anyone’s ears is the sound of their own name. “Greet friends by name” (3 John 14). Be friendly! The best way to have a friend is to be a friend. Jesus was a “friend of…