A short story about my Uncle Hector who used his God given gifts to build His Kingdom. A lesson that shows the virtue of perseverance.
My Uncle Hector was a very outgoing and gregarious guy and was known to have been able to get more businesses to join the Chamber of Commerce in New Orleans than anyone else when he worked with NOPSI. He was also a great handy man and could fix almost anything, so he helped a lot with practical things at his local Catholic Church.
When there was a need to develop a new parish close to where he lived in the 1970s, he was picked by the diocese to help get some hefty donations from some of the well off local church members. So he had heard about “Mr. Jones” being a devout Catholic philanthropist living not too far from him who had just moved into the area.
One Saturday morning, he went to Mr. Jones' house without an appointment and rang the door bell. The butler answered the door and asked Hector if he had an appointment. When the answer came back as negative, the butler stated, “Mr. Jones is still in his pajamas, and even if he was properly attired, he wouldn't consider seeing you since you did not have an appointment – goodbye!”
So guess how my enterprising and persevering Uncle Hector handled that? He came back one hour later dressed in his own pajamas, rang the door bell and got past that butler and was able to get a very sizable donation from Mr. Jones that enabled the new church building to be built!
The moral of the story: don't ever give up when a door may seem to be closed! You never know what opportunity may be knocking at that door! “Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened unto you!” (Lk. 11:9, Mt. 7:7)
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My Uncle Hector was a very outgoing and gregarious guy and was known to have been able to get more businesses to join the Chamber of Commerce in New Orleans than anyone else when he worked with NOPSI. He was also a great handy man and could fix almost anything, so he helped a lot with practical things at his local Catholic Church.
