A Simple Labor

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, Colossians 3:23

Happy Labor day.  It’s an early morning as I sit typing on my front porch watching the sun come up and I’m so very thankful!  So thankful to be sitting on my porch drinking coffee watching God  paint in the sky; thankful for the last summer weekday morning  to enjoy my porch and thankful for labor that I love.  Dave just pulled out of the driveway on his way to work and it reminded me of the three things I’d like us all to pause a minute and do today.

First, pray in thanksgiving for the work we do.  Whether we make a little or a lot, whether we love our jobs or not, today is a good day to be thankful for a chance to use our gifts and make a little money to support those we love.

Second, pray for those who don’t get today off.  Some folks, like the farmers who feed us, never get a day off.  If you know one, thank one!  If I think about all the folks going to work today they are probably going off to a job to serve those of us who don’t have to go to work today. Thank you God for them!

Third, pray for those who are unemployed or underemployed.  The stress, the worry, the disappointment they feel can be overwhelming.  Let’s pray for the single parents working two or three jobs trying to make ends meet.  Let’s pray for those, who for a dozen different reasons  we don’t know anything about, make up the ranks of the working poor.  

There you have it…your tasks for the day!  Happy Labor day!

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Blessings on your day!