Take the Heat

For it is better, if God should will it so,  that you should suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

1 Peter 3:17

It is sad to say, but there are people who will torment us for doing what is right. 

I worked for a business that had no time clock and used the honor system for employee time keeping.  I took heat from other employees because I was at my desk at 8:00 when the business opened.  One employee told me that “on time meant in the parking lot.”  I found that amusing because every day the bosses asked me, the lowly receptionist, where their employees were at 8:00.  I would smile and say, “Umm, in the parking lot?”

Sometimes expectations of honor lead to dishonor and unfortunately for my critics, I was not as confident about my importance to the company as they were, and therefore was on time.

There are many people who have suffered more for doing great things which were right, than I have for doing small things, and I admire them for their courage.

What is important is that no matter what happens to us personally for doing what is right, we should do what is right. 

Do the right thing and take the heat.