Just Share the Information

My first formal job growing up was as a census taker. When I look back on that job, it was unique in that the only thing you had to do was share the information with the person, and no matter how they reacted, I was successful.

If they answered all the questions, I would get paid. I got paid if I went to their door and they slammed it in my face. If I opened the gate to their yard to go to their front door and then got chased by their dog and had to hop the fence, I got paid. My job was to share the information, but the results were not my responsibility.

This remembrance helped me this week as I was studying the latest parable from Jesus, where I need to remember, “Just Share the Information.”