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My guest today is a new writing friend, Michelle Adserias, who lives in and writes about God's beautiful world in rural Wisconsin. Our hearts and blogs are similar in that we love learning lessons from God's wonderful creations. I've admired her delightful posts on her website, www.godponderings.com, ever since I 'met' her through the Facebook group, Blue Ridge Bible Study Writers.
Enjoy her words below, and then jump over to godponderings.com and read some of her previous posts, too. You'll be so glad you did!
Enjoy her words below, and then jump over to godponderings.com and read some of her previous posts, too. You'll be so glad you did!
Work’s Blessings
by Johanna Daniel
Tonight
I sneak into the barn and check on the bat regiment living in the hay mow.
About 50-60 of them hang in upside-down clusters from the now defunct hayfork
rail. Such strange little creatures… flying rodents with furry bodies and
leathery wings. All day long they hang there, in deep, deathlike sleep. But very soon their high-pitched squeaks will
fill the air. One by one they’ll pop through a little hole at the peak, where
barn wall almost meets barn roof. Each
soldier will begin its nightly Battle of the Bugs, honing in on tiny sound
targets like a missile, in hopes of curbing its hunger.
As
twilight sets in, we watch the bats dive for the crackling sparks that fly up
from the fire. They quickly realize they’ve been deceived and fly out of harm’s
way. Strange as they are, we welcome the fearless flyers. They help keep the
mosquito and fly population in check. They add character to the night sky. And
as long as they stay out of the house we get along just fine.
When
all God’s furry, fuzzy and feathered friends fulfill their God-given duties,
everything in the environment runs smoothly. And each little animal is
passionately happy about its task.
God
gives people a passion for certain tasks, too. They are happiest when they are
doing what their nature wants to do. I’m happiest when I’m writing, or baking,
or teaching. But I’m so thankful for the people who get their kicks out of
being a surgeon, or a mortician, or a plumber. They do what I never could… and
they would be sorely missed if their jobs went undone!
Cheerfully
doing an honest day’s work has taken a hard hit in our culture. It’s
counter-cultural not only to work, but to actually enjoy working. I catch
myself adopting the cultural mindset. My current job is wife, mom and
homemaker. I find great joy in some aspects of it. I find myself grumbling
about others. I like: laundry, dishwashing, cooking, embroidery, sweeping,
gardening, and preserving foods. I don’t like: scrubbing floors, dusting, well…
housecleaning in general.
I
know my attitude is wrong. The Bible tells me so! I’m called to work to God’s
glory and am promised I will find contentment there. “When you shall eat of the
fruit of your hands, you will be happy and it will be well with you.” (Psalm
128:2) I guess I need a change of heart so I can say with Solomon (who was a
pretty smart guy), “So I saw that there was nothing better for a person than to
enjoy their work, because that is their lot.
For who can bring them to see what will happen after them? (Ecclesiastes
3:22, NIV)
Nicee post
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