Loving your BOSS

Now also we beseech you, brethren, get to know those who labor among you [recognize them for what they are, acknowledge and appreciate and respect them all]--your leaders who are over you in the Lord and those who warn {and} kindly reprove {and} exhort you.

And hold them in very high and most affectionate esteem in [intelligent and sympathetic] appreciation of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

See that none of you repays another with evil for evil, but always aim to show kindness {and} seek to do good to one another and to everybody.

See the part that is highlighted?? Yep. It says acknowledge and appreciate and respect your "BOSS" !!! In today's world, that is kind of out of the question.

Especially, since it is a "cutthroat" and "selfish" marketplace that we work in. Yep, your boss drags you down, doesn't encourage you, doesn't appreciate you, keeps provoking you , and is ugly and mean to you. In a nice enough way. It stings. And if you are a woman you tear up.

What does the Bible say? It says to appreciate those who warn you. Wow. According to Jesus, we are to turn the other cheek. You may laugh. The world WILL laugh. But Jesus will appreciate you. For you are standing up to Him. You are being the LIGHT when you love those who persecute you.
When you love those who demean you and strip you and make you look like a worm. ]

To LOVE takes courage. So don't lose heart. And take heart. For out of it flow the issues of life.
Let your love flow--- and see how JESUS turns the situation around.
When the tide flows against you, do the very thing JESUS says to do which will go against every common sense and your own will --- but YOU will WIN. BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAS WON.

Love your bosses.