"The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
He humbles and He exalts."
1 Samuel 2:7
My son Matthew experienced this verse a few days ago. As part of his summer job at the church, he was required to update and print seventy booklets for the children attending the two summer day camps. The inside pages will just be printed in black and white, but the cover was to be printed in colour on order from Staples using thicker and more expensive paper. Before Matthew placed the order, he proofread the cover sheet several times just to make sure there were no mistakes. He even asked his older brother Tim, a second year Ph.D. student, to proofread it as well. I guess I was busy. Here is a copy of the cover below. Do you see his big blunder?
Two days ago, Matthew picked up his order, came home, and proudly showed me one of the covers. It was just at that moment that his face turned red in horror. His name was printed in bold letters on every one of the seventy sheets of paper! He had, as an example to show his boss, typed his name in the space where the children were to write their own names. Except he forgot to delete it before placing the order. Oops!
I told Matthew, as he was still in shock, not to worry about it, place the order again, and then have a good laugh about it, because these incidents make interesting stories to tell later as lessons to both children and adults.
When it comes to work, Matthew is a perfectionist, but even perfectionists are not perfect. God humbles and He exalts.
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