It's been awhile since I posted. I've been busy writing my weekly column for a local community newspaper, and working on a book that I hope will be finished by Thanksgiving. Yesterday, a reader asked was I still submitting articles to the newspaper because my articles were missing. After checking the online publication of the newspaper I discovered that several issues did not include my articles.
I was disappointed, but not angry. The publisher has the right to accept or reject what I write. That is his choice, its his paper. And since I'm not a paid columnist, it doesn't affect my livelihood.
Writing, speaking, and acting on Truth is not always acceptable when money is a factor. We will always be forced to decide which is more important, our salaries, or our principles.
Three times in my life I choose Christian ethics over salary. And each of those times I became unemployed and blackballed. Yet God provided for me in each circumstance. However, there was a time (before the above mentioned situations) when I chose acceptance and salary over Christian beliefs. I incurred mockery, workplace abuse, and a cut in salary. I promised if God delivered me I would never again compromise my faith for the sake of money and acceptance.
I've been told that I will never be rich or enjoy an upper middle class income if I continue to make decisions based on my faith. And they've been right, but God has graced me with everything I need. The most precious thing I've received from the Lord is peace, and joy. Peace, the result of trusting Him for all my needs, and Joy in knowing that I am safe in the Savior's arms and no man can do anything to take that away from me.
