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Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Back to Work We Go!
by Jerry Ousley Some of us have enjoyed a long vacation break during this holiday season. With Christmas and New Year's Day both being on Thursday, many of us thought ahead enough to save some vacation days so as to have some well deserved time off. I've got to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope none of you have experienced tragedy or hardship during this season. However, I know that many do. If you have, I am deeply sorry and hope God will comfort your hearts. If this is your case, please let me know so we can be in prayer for you. But now that the holidays are over, it's time to go BACK TO WORK! Yes, we've enjoyed our time and we've made our resolves, but now it's back to the "ol' grinding stone we go." A new year has dawned upon us and with that comes a whole new set of problems and, I hope, blessings. God has a direction for us to go. As we return to work or school, whichever your case may be, let's make one resolve to be true for all of us. That resolve is to "do whatever we find to do, just like we're doing it for God" (Colossians 3:23), because really, we are. If we can regard our daily duties as the work of God, then it will make the toil a little less painful, and the duties a little less of drudgery. One might ask, "How can me standing in front of a machine for eight hours a day be a work for God?" Well, if we do it with joy, and with our minds upon Christ, just our glowing presence will encourage others and make them wonder. That wondering could lead to a witness for Christ at lunchtime, and, who knows, but the salvation of a soul and a new birth into the Kingdom of God. Isn't that exciting? Take this New Year and use it for God. I promise you, it will enrich your life, it will make your soul prosperous, and we can do our part for the Kingdom! Have a great year! Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |