WHO DO YOU REPRESENT?

     Who do you represent? Great question, right? I know that when I wear my orange apron at Home Depot I represent that company. When I wear my red polo shirt at Chick Fil-A I represent that company. When I worked other jobs in the past I represented them. My green State Parks polo that was very hot to wear when I worked at Sunken Meadow State park, or my either maroon or blue t-shirt I wore when I refinished floors for a floor sanding company I worked for, G.H. Fardig & Son. When I did that job my shirts were always covered with polyurethane! Let's take a look at who we represent at work and in our lives!

     In many of the jobs I have had many of them required a uniform. The purpose of the uniform was to let people know that if they needed help, I was hired to help them to the best of my ability. If I was ever in a Home Depot or Chick Fil-A in regular street clothes, I was just a customer or guest. No one would ever ask me where something was or would complain there were pickles on their sandwich. Of course there are those days when you forget and you wear a green polo shirt at Dollar Tree or a red polo shirt at Target and someone walks up to you with an attitude wondering why there is no toilet paper! I also learned my lesson once being in Kohl's as I was wearing a shirt and tie looking to buy clothes. Someone asked me if I was a manager. Maybe I should have said yes! Kohl's could have paid me! There are also those funny moments like last Monday while I was working at Home Depot wearing my orange apron when a gentleman asked me if I worked there. Maybe he was trying to tell me something or maybe his glasses needed to be cleaned? "No sir, I am wearing this apron to get ready for Halloween four months early!"

     As I have worked these various jobs wearing various uniforms or t-shirts, I represent those various companies. I have to be professional, try to help people and sometimes listen to their complaints. 75% of the complaints I hear are either bogus or lies. But, being that these various companies pay me, I have to abide by their rules and be professional. Of course, I can't yell or scream, I can't accuse a customer of lying to me and I can't cause a scene. The result of that would be my immediate termination. When I wear my orange apron, I represent The Home Depot. When I wear my red polo shirt with gray slacks and black no slip shoes, I represent Chick Fil-A! 

     So who do you represent in life? Your family? Your city? For me it's what dwells deep down in my heart. Yes, of course I want to be a great representative of my family. My family is amazing! I want every fiber of my being to represent the Lord Jesus Christ. Sure, I could wear Christian T-shirts, I could put one of those metal Christian fish symbols on my car. I remember back in the 1970's many Christians would put an "I Found it" bumper sticker on their cars. I could walk around wearing my Christianity and on my outside appearance you would believe I was a true Christian man. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I want to represent the Lord Jesus Christ every single day. I want it to scream out not only with my outward appearance, but in my words and actions. Many of my co-workers at Home Depot know it takes a lot for me to get angry. They watch me when I deal with customers who are challenging. They tell me all the time I am a nice guy who never loses his cool. In everything I do, I want to represent Jesus Christ and my prayer is always that people will see Jesus in me! So, one last question. Who do you represent?

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