Labor Day Love

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

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​I know I’m a few days early but…Happy Labor Day.  Sometimes our view of this upcoming holiday, which signals the end of summer and the beginning of football season and all things pumpkin spice, is narrow and limited to a Monday off work but I’d like us to think bigger.  I’m sitting on my front porch typing and 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 work that I love; thankful to enjoy the simple pleasures of life that work has allowed me and thankful for the jobs my children have.  Wherever you find yourself celebrating this weekend, there are three things I’d like us all to ponder and pray about for a few minutes.

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 or nurses, doctors, firefighters and so many others who don’t get a day off.  If you know one, thank them!  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 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.  Let’s take their struggles to prayer.

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

A Seed To Plant: Do the assignment above!​

Blessings on your day!