Work should always be associated with joy.
The story is told of three women washing clothes. A passerby asked each what she was doing.
"Washing clothes" was the first answer.
"A bit of household drudgery" was the second.
"I'm mothering three young children who someday will fill important & useful spheres in life, & wash-day is a part of my grand task in caring for these souls who shall live forever" was the third."
Ordinary work, which is what most of us do most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordianry. All work done for God is spiritual work & therfore not merely a duty but a holy privilege.
Elizabeth Elliot
"The Shaping Of A Christian Family"
In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Work as if you were doing it for the Lord, not people.
Colossians 3:23 |