Taking It to Work: Rest. At one time it was a commandment, to take one day’s rest in seven. It was called the Sabbath. It was the last day of the Jewish week, otherwise known to us as Saturday. Among other things, the Sabbath was to be a reminder to Read more…
Taking It to Work: The new year is fast approaching, and along with it, new year’s resolutions. Some believe in them, some not, but most of us do feel a call to be a better version of our last year’s self. Our devotion today, based primarily on Proverbs, reminds us Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Work is a gift of the Father. To tend to responsibility is nourishment to the caregiver. Tasks required and completed give satisfaction. Challenge to strain, allows gift and talent to release. I gave the garden before the fall. To care and complete was the joy; Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: There is great benefit in work. For before the fall it was put in place, that man would prosper in it. For in accomplishment is man’s food. A journey without meaning is without life. All that is great is accomplished, by both God and by Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Work is a gift of the Father. To tend to responsibility is nourishment to the caregiver. Tasks required and completed give satisfaction. Challenge to strain, allows gift and talent to release. I gave the garden before the fall. To care and complete was the joy; Read more…
Listening to the Holy Spirit: Can a wise man govern himself? It is not as it seems. Wisdom can decay with temptation – lost vision with emotion of want. Each heart reaches for its own pleasure. Comfort for the difficult day comes with satisfaction of the body – behaviors to Read more…
The invitation of the Father is far beyond the response of the world, the great gift of the eternal God, mocked as tale by sightless men. Great is the grief poured forth by heaven, known from the beginning, but heavy in fulfillment. Most are lost to foolish trade. There is great Read more…
He who has no loss, has little thankfulness. He who receives what he does not need, again bears thanklessness. Many walk in plenty, but suffer for want, surrounded by abundance, but lost in the ungrateful heart. My blessing flows to the evil and the just, but it is the child Read more…
Rich is he who is thankful. In want of more, there is poverty. He who has more than enough can be both rich and impoverished. Great wealth extends from many who live in shortage, and great poverty is the well-adorned offspring of the greedy. Treasure of the earth is to Read more…
Work is a gift of the Father. To tend to responsibility is nourishment to the caregiver. Tasks required and completed give satisfaction. Challenge to strain, allows gift and talent to release. I gave the garden before the fall. To care and complete was the joy; effort yes, but great delight Read more…