TAKING TIME TO CELEBRATE
God tells us, “Every man should enjoy the good of all his labor,
it is the gift of God” (Eccles. 3:13). How often have we not taken the time to
do this?
We enjoy the money we get from a job but there are lots of jobs
where we don’t get paid with money and we need to take a minute to acknowledge
and celebrate those too. What about the small, seemingly insignificant work we
do throughout a day? God says we are to enjoy the good of ALL our labor.
We aren’t supposed to just work and work and work until we exhaust ourselves.
Most of us need to celebrate more. God says we’re supposed to “ENJOY THE
GOOD OF ALL HIS [OUR] LABOR”, not just the good from the paycheck we get
from our jobs, but the good we get from anything we work at. Do we get a good
feeling of accomplishment? The satisfaction of a small victory? Do we get a
thank you from someone? Happiness in a new skill learned? Do we feel good about
doing something we’ve been putting off for a while? There are many good results
from our labors and lots of reasons to celebrate because we work at a variety
of tasks.
Just think of some things you work at: Do you work at exercising?
Eating well? Reading the Bible? Praying? Going to bed on time? Do you work at
not gossiping? At paying your bills on time? Do you work at saying something kind?
Do you work at spending more time with your kids?
Think of two things you worked at today. Whatever it was, God says
we need to take the time to CELEBRATE. It’s His gift to us. We can say,
“Hey, I did pretty well at that. Great job! I did it!” The Lord wants us to be
blessed and this is just one way He’s given us to put a little more joy in day.
Love, Carolyn
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