Diligent Workers

Not slothful in business;
fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord. 
Romans 12:11 

With the holiday season comes the increase in chapel activities...

And for the past several weeks, although I have observed this for many years, the four men who are assigned to work in the prison’s chapel area are some of the best and most diligent workers a church could have. Day after day they’d labor, cleaning the building, taking care of the paperwork, ministering to their fellow prisoners when opportunities would present themselves, as well as overseeing the Bible studies and worship services.

Therefore, earlier today, when I had to enter the chapel for several minutes to drop off some supplies for the congregation, I made sure I told these brothers how encouraged I am to see all the diligent work they do, mostly behind the scenes, and of course often unrecognized and un-thanked.

These are truly good men, and I’ve no doubt their lives have been changed by the Lord. Throughout the years that I’ve known them they’ve been both an asset and a help to staff and inmates alike. And in my opinion they’d be an asset to any church on the outside. So I thanked them for their faithfulness to carry out the work of God and quietly and diligently without complaint, and with very little pay.

D.B.