The Phil Files

I’ve spent the last several days fighting very difficult travel issues. However, I want to thank the Lord for several groups of people who often get overlooked and sometimes, even abused.

First, I’d like to thank God for those who are in the travel business who work so hard to make traveling bearable and do so with courteous and attentive help. I am so thankful for the kind folks who helped me this week, even though many of them had received verbal abuse while trying to handle impossible problems over which they had no control.

Second, I thank God for all those who do the hard, manual labor jobs. Without them, our lives would be harder, more dangerous, and definitely more frustrating. In the debate over immigration issues in the U.S., we often forget that nearly all of us were immigrants at one time. We also forget that immigrants, both “illegal” and legal immigrants, often do the hard, sweaty, and dangerous work that many of us would never do.

My father taught me long ago that the real heart of a person is revealed by how they treat folks that society says they don’t have to treat with respect or whom social rules place beneath them. I want to value these people and let them know how much I appreciate them and their hardwork!

How do you treat those whom the world says are “beneath you”?

How can we be more of a blessing to those who have blessed us?