{"id":638,"date":"2008-11-09T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/when-your-company-lets-you-down\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T21:11:00","slug":"when-your-company-lets-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/when-your-company-lets-you-down\/","title":{"rendered":"When your company lets you down"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em>\u201cMy trust was misplaced.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey disappointed me.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey\u2019re not worthy of my respect.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey should pay.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever felt this way about your superiors? If you work at some place like AIG or Enron, who could argue with your feelings? But this kind of frustration goes on at workplaces all across America and nearly everyone, at some point or another, has had some sort of animosity towards those in charge.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the question you need to answer: Is your frustration <em>about them or is it about you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How much expectation have you piled on the heads of those above you? How high and precarious is the pedestal you\u2019ve placed these frail, human forms to sit upon? And what did you do to keep them from falling hard, cold ground of failure?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time to let go of some of that expectation and see the bosses for what they are \u2013 <em>flawed humans prone to sin and failure<\/em>. They\u2019re an awful like like you and me.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re going to put your faith in someone, stick with Jesus. Believe just like the woman in the crowd believed, \u201c<em>If I only touch his robes, I will be healed<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the difference between hope and trust and a place where you\u2019ll never be disappointed.<\/p>\n<div>Please, share with a friend if you feel moved.<br>\nRead all past issues at http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy trust was misplaced.\u201d \u201cThey disappointed me.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re not worthy of my respect.\u201d \u201cThey should pay.\u201d Have you ever felt this way about your superiors? If you work at some place like AIG or Enron, who could argue with your feelings? 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