…my servant Caleb has a diferent spirit and follows me wholeheartedly… (Numbers 14:24)
A friend of mine was fired yesterday. She worked on Capitol Hill, so it goes without saying that her work environment was challenging and her boss demanding.
She had no warning she would be let go. No notice she had done anything wrong; she still doesn’t know why she was dismissed and likely never will. She showed up for work as usual and some time mid-afternoon she was called in for a meeting and told to pack up her desk. Her boss didn’t even have the fortitude to fire her himself. He left town and called in his henchmen to do the deed.
It was beyond harsh.
I didn’t know what to tell her. Wanting to help in some way, I called my friend, intending to tell her how unjustly she had been treated and what kind of recourse she may have and how I would be willing to go to the mat for her…and she stopped me cold. She said she had been asking God to help her forgive her boss and those who terminated her because “they know not what they do.”
I was stunned. This was absolutely not how people in DC handle being fired. They rant. They rage. And then they write best-selling tell-alls.
They do not go quietly and leave thank you cards on their way out.
