Monday; September 4
Have you ever asked yourself
why you work? I imagine that some people have this recurring conversation
most Monday mornings, but on this “Labor Day” it is a good to reflect on the
meaning of work. To establish the roots of
labor, all we have to do is go back to man’s first sin when Adam and Eve were
expelled from the Garden of Eden. As God issued His decree He said, “Cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil you will eat of it all the days of your
life. Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; and you will eat
the plants of the field; by the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till
you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are
dust, and to dust you shall return.”. (Genesis 3:17-19) Throughout the
years mankind has been compelled to work to provide for himself and his family
because sin entered the world. Yet, in a modern society, work is often more
than laboring to provide food on the table – so why do we do the jobs we do? There
are a lot of …