"It's business, It's business time ,

You know when I'm down to my socks it's time for business,

That's why they're called business socks ..."

Flight of the Conchords, 'Business Time', 2007

A lot of the travel I do for work is to attend, or perform, audits of our facilities (or our suppliers), to make sure they are complying with regulatory and customer requirements. I’m writing this on a flight from Darwin to Sydney, back from one such audit which wasn’t completely disastrous but probably didn’t go as well as we anticipated or wanted – the site will most likely be graded ‘B’ as opposed to ‘A’. I’m hoping this isn’t a direct reflection of my current engagement to the company I work for or the role I perform, and I was sure to let the guys at the site know that I didn’t think the result was so bad and that there was nothing wrong with the change in status.


I can understand the disappointment though. Wherever we can be graded we want to get the best grade we can – it’s like being back at school again. We all want to be A grade at everything, at work or with our family and friends or even as Christians. If we don’t think we’re up to scratch we often stop trying altogether. I’m so glad that regardless of how our hearts trick us into feeling this way, that God’s kingdom doesn’t operate this way. It has been a hard lesson I have learnt in my short Christian life and continue to learn as I work out how it looks each and every day. Why is there always so much to learn as a Christian ...