Saturday, October 24, 2009

Surprises

A couple of weeks ago I was chatting with a personal care aide and we were talking about names and she was called by a diminutive of her name. To many she was just a personal care aide responsible for washing me every morning and feeding me my meals if Laverne wasn't there. She came from India where rich people still have servants and diminutives like Johnny (vs John) are used only for children or servants. Without people realizing it they used a name that really bothered her. Imagine my surprise to learn she was a RN in her own country and was working on an exam to become registered in Canada. I think God is trying to teach me not to jump to conclusions (see yesterday) and the value he places on each and every one of us. Matt 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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  1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    Good morning:

    Yes and have just finished reading a story in the New Yorker where the large multinationals have call centres in India and likely other places. Often the people working there have MA's or even PHD's....... certainly smarter then the caller in-ners in many instances. Some multinationals insist that the employees take 'American' english lessions and change their names to Bob and Mike and Steve. Because, apparently, accented English is too difficult for the average caller.

    It is very rude.

    Thank goodness Jesus understands us when we talk with HIM. AND in any language, accented or not.

    End of rant for the day.

    Have a good good one.

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  2. kittyOctober 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    interesting to hear the differences in countries.

    Also how important it is to treat everyone with respect, no matter what one looks like or what the job is that we are called to do. How interesting it is that many of us (me included at times, I am sorry to say) still make assumptions about others based on how they look, what they do, how they speak etc

    Thanks for the little (big) lesson you had for me in this, John

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