I've gotten use to eating...how about you? If so, according to God's word:
"If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat." Work is essential, it is
biblical, it makes an incredible difference for us and for society. Read a few
words that follow from "God Rebuilds the World through Our Work" Lester
DeKoster
The Power of Our Work
"The difference between barbarism and culture is, simply, work. One of the mystifying facts of history is why certain people create progressive cultures while others lag behind. Whatever that explanation, the power lies in work.Another interesting thing is that if all workers did quit, it would not make too much difference which workers quit first—front office, boardroom, assembly line, or custodial staff. Civilized living is so closely knit that when any pieces drop out, the whole fabric begins to crumple. Let city sanitation workers go out this week, and by next week streets are smothered in garbage. Give homemaking mothers leave, and many of us suddenly go hungry and see our kids running wild. Civilization is so fragile that we either all hang together or, as Ben Franklin warned during the American Revolution, “we shall all hang separately.”
Incidentally, let’s not make the mistake, if we ever are tempted, of estimating the importance of our work, or of any kind of work, by the public esteem it enjoys. Up-front types make news, but only workers create civilized life. The mosaic of culture, like all mosaics, derives its beauty from the contribution of each tiny bit."
Thanks, Mr. DeKoster.(Lots more really good stuff in his book). Our work is important. Jesus didn't beg off as the Son of God, but had a job as did his close friends. Just some thoughts.......how goes it with you and your work? By the way for those who are "retired", I have found that I stay incredibly busy being "about the Fathers business
Blessings to each of you,
Blaine
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