[GreenKeys] ARE YOU WAITING TO BE CALLED?

[Don Robert House]

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>                         Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of
>              long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a
>           Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he 
>went to the
>                          office address that was listed.
>
>
>
>            When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled 
>with noise and
>           clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the 
>background. A sign on
>           the receptionist's counter instructed job applicants to 
>fill out a form and
>                wait until they were summoned to enter the inner office.
>
>
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>            The young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven other
>           applicants in the waiting area. After a few minutes, the 
>young man stood
>           up, crossed the room to the door of the inner office, and 
>walked right in.
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>
>
>            Naturally the other applicants perked up, wondering what 
>was going on.
>           They muttered among themselves that they hadn't heard any 
>summons yet.
>         They assumed that the young man who went into the office 
>made a mistake and
>                            would be disqualified.
>
>
>
>           Within a few minutes, however, the employer escorted the 
>young man out of
>           the office and said to the other applicants, "Gentlemen, 
>thank you very much
>                    for coming, but the job has just been filled."
>
>
>
>            The other applicants began grumbling to each other, and 
>one spoke up
>          saying, "Wait a minute, I don't understand. He was the last 
>to come in, and we
>          never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the 
>job.  That's not fair!"
>
>
>
>            The employer said, "I'm sorry, but the last several 
>minutes while you've
>           been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the 
>following message
>           in Morse Code: 'If you understand this message, then come 
>right in. The
>           job is yours.'  None of you heard it or understood it. 
>This young man did.
>                             The job is his."
>
>
>
>             We are so busy living in a world that is full of noise 
>and clatter, like
>             that office. People are distracted and unable to hear 
>the still, small
>            voice of God as He speaks in creation, in the Scriptures, 
>and in the life
>                          and work of Jesus Christ.
>
>
>
>            So I ask you, as I ask myself, "Are you listening, or are 
>you waiting to
>                 be called? Do you hear the Lord when he speaks to you?
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>
>
>                             author unknown
>--
>As for me and my house,[The Dixon home] we will serve the Lord.
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>
>Oh, give thanks to the Lord!
>           Call upon His name;
>           Make known His deeds among the peoples!
>           Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
>           Talk of all His wondrous works.
>           Glory in His holy name;
>           Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord.
>           Seek the Lord and His strength;
>           Seek His face evermore.
>           Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
>           His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth
>           (Psalm 105:1-5).
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>
>


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Don Robert House
North American Data Communications Museum
URL: http://www.nadcomm.org
Computer Museum of America
URL: http://www.computer-museum.org