GAINING EXPERIENCE
"THEREFORE BEING JUSTIFIED by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by Whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope : and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” (Romans 5:1-5). The year before I retired from the job I had for 42 years was a very difficult one. I was asked to supervise five separate departments, all of which were “problem areas.” I was forced to ask a lot from the people who reported to me, and I was asked to give more of my time to try to turn some of the worst operations around. The problems were mostly engineering and maintenance issues resulting from the purchase of new equipment that wasn’t robust enough to do what the engineers were expecti