"Safe Harbor's" Daily Inspiration

"And on the seventh day God ended his work

which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day

from all his work which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it;

because that in it he had rested from all his work which

God created and made."

Genesis 2:2,3

The Lord's Time

There was a story in a Texas church bulletin about a young man who was working in a large department store, being told by his employer that he would be required to work on Sunday.

It so happened that the hours assigned to him would have prevented his attending any of the worship services to which he had been accustomed to attending since childhood.

The young man informed his employer that he would not be able to continue his work under these conditions, and his employer told him he would have to go.

A few days later, the young man answered an ad in the paper from a bank which had advertised a vacancy for a teller. In checking the young man's previous employers,the bank president contacted the department store head and inquired as to the young man's record and whether he could recommend him.

The store manager replied,

"Why, yes, I will be glad to recommend him.

He will make you a good man.

I just fired him a few days ago."

"Fired him?" the bank president exclaimed.

"Why would you recommend a man whom you just

recently dismissed from your service?"

The store manager explained the circumstances

under which the young man was released,

and remarked,

"I know he will make you a good man for your bank,

because if he will not steal the Lord's time,

he will not steal your money."