He who must be trained, must encounter the hardship of growth. A blessing from My hand is often a weight in the hand of he who is being made stronger. Hardship at work is not unnoticed. Planned carefully are the trials of all My children. As a student is made strong with problems and tests, so too those I love Read more…
Understanding of My ways are for those who seek My will. Each day there exists My great will for your life. Much of your life is spent in the goodness of work. Seek there My will for each day. I call to those who listen. In the midst of the toil My blessing awaits. Far from Me you drift, but Read more…
Hear Me in your workplace. I am there. Beyond the struggle, the busyness, the pressure of responsibility, I am there. The still, small voice does not leave you, for it dwells in you deeply, so deeply you notice Me not. My Word aches inside those who are deaf to it. Empty is the vessel of hope without My voice rising Read more…
The wealth of the nations are as bricks of mud. For man builds, and structure grows, shelter given with extra structure that more bricks be stored. Necessary for a time, but without lasting value, and once given to use, will one day again join with the earth. The fortress of mud is important as the hands that form the brick, Read more…
Without love, even the plow does not fulfill. Toil without love for another can be empty. Even those that enjoy “busy”, find in the end, that busyness of life was a waste without love. Greater is the push on the plow, greater is the strength of those that dig, more powerful is the mind that creates because it cares for Read more…
To he who has been given hands to work, great is his blessing. To he who has been given a mind to create, also great is his blessing. To those with ability to organize and bring together a greater plan or process, this too is My blessing. In all things given, from Me do they flow, and one day will Read more…
Ease and comfort are not the way of My followers. Rest for a time, pampered to gather again strength, but diligence in your work demands great effort. He who gathers, those who plant and harvest, those who build and maintain, those who lead others in their way, if these follow My charge, then their labor will be tiring, their days Read more…
Great is the distance between work for self and work for the Kingdom, although both happen in the same place. The aim of the archer is to hit the target, but why? That he may win the prize one day, but in another so he may eat, or in another, so his family may eat. Great may be the skill Read more…
Praise always the good. Set your mind on things above, and do not allow waste in your thinking. I see the good and the bad. My eye knows all the ill intent of man and beast, but there is great in the pain. There is the best for each of My children, even as they walk through difficulty, and many, Read more…
The greatness of work is not in worldly accomplishment. These are forgotten. The greatness of work is in service to Me and to others. Many will accomplish great feats, of which serve few, and many harm. You are called to serve first, giving yourself that others may prosper. Accomplishment pleasing to Me is the wake left behind from the great Read more…