During my career, I have worked with and for people who were very controlling. They would give people a task to do, but then they want to control every aspect of the task. The subordinate would finish the task and the manager would then criticize many aspects of the work, even though the quality was good. The manager was not satisfied because the work was not done the way they would do it, even though it was good work.
Luke 13 recounts the story of Jesus’ healing of a woman who had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. Because He did this on a Sabbath, the synagogue ruler complained. But Jesus answered him by saying, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham who Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” We should encourage and support those who are doing good works, even if the way they do it is not done the way that we would do it. Putting artificial standards, even religious standards, on good works limits the quantity and the quality of good works. Blessed are those who do good works for other people.
Reluctant Retiree 