Dear Ones,
Hope you are finding joy in your work. Today I plan to make a zucchini chocolate cake and go to Exercise class and Crafts and later Bible Study.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We have just recently celebrated Labor Day and it was a day many of us spent free of work, enjoying family with a smorgasbord of food, maybe by a lake or in a park. No work, but a day of being reminded that our work belongs to God and has significance. Whatever we do we are to do it for the glory of God.

Maybe we all have wondered if what we do each day matters and has purpose and makes a difference. Why work? God was the first worker, creating the world in six days, including us, then resting on the seventh day. When He created us, He told us to have dominion over every living thing. Gen 2:15 says, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” When Adam and Eve sinned, God said it would be by the sweat of their brow that they would do this.

No question that we are to work and our work belongs to God. We are to use the resources He gives us and know that no job is too small or too big if we are doing what He calls us to do. He puts within us the gifts needed to accomplish whatever work He gives us. Some jobs we may feel are more significant than others, but the most important job is the one God has planned for us. I read recently what St. Theresa said to the sisters: “If your task is in the kitchen, the Lord walks among the pots and pans, helping you in all things spiritual and temporal.”

Let us remember to do our work for His glory, whether it is acknowledged by others or not. God sees not only what we are doing, but the attitude of our hearts in our work. May we do our work heartily as unto Him.

Challenge for today: Thank the Lord for the work He has given you to do and reflect Jesus in your all of it.