“The Importance of Taking Care of the Little Things”
If you are a baseball fan the name Satchel Paige rings a bell. What you may not know is that he didn’t throw a pitch in the major leagues until he was 42 years old. He was good enough to play in the majors when he was 18 years old but he couldn’t. Because he was black he was not allowed to compete until after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. So at the age of 42 Satchel Paige finally got his chance.
Paige won his first three games as a pro shutting out Chicago twice in the process. All along he knew he was good enough to pitch in the major leagues and when he finally got his chance he proved it. I was thinking this morning that Satchel Paige was a man who understood the principle of taking care of the little things. He approached his major league pitching debut no differently than he approached any of the 2,500 games he pitched during his career. He took care of the little things and spent his life perfecting the art of pitching one game at a time. The point is that when he finally got his chance he was ready.
There is a principle from this story that applies to everyone of us here at TRM. If each of us will focus on taking care of the little things in our work area the big things will take care of themselves over time. The Bible reminds us that it is important to be faithful in the little things. All of us can work with the assurance that our jobs even the most menial tasks are performed before our Savior. So when you go the extra mile to serve a client or when you are extra patient with a fellow staff member your efforts do not go unnoticed. This spiritual principle gives us all the more reason to pursue excellence in all we do here at TRM. So let’s each commit this week to take care of the little things knowing that God promises to reward those with such an attitude. Alvin
