"HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD"

       

“HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD”

When I got laid off in September 2021, I started working on a painting expressing my feelings about COVID-19. It was a complex painting and quite a challenge. These photos are just two different sections of the painting. At this point in the process, I still had a long way to go, and although there were many obstacles along the way, I gave it my all. When I was a young girl, my earthly father would tell us kids: “If you’re going to do a job, do it right.” He wouldn’t allow us to cut corners, and if we did, we’d have to go back and do it again. Whether schoolwork, chores, or whatever, we were told to “always do the best you can.” Our Heavenly Father puts it this way:  

 

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men” (Col. 3:23). Living this verse will help us to retain the right attitude about just about anything we do.

 

Many years ago, there was a phrase being passed around in the Christian community. It goes like this: “What would Jesus do?” But we need to change it up a bit. Jesus Christ is alive now, and as Paul writes to the believers in Rome:

 

Jesus Christ is our Lord and our brother in the present time. “Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us” (Rom 8:34).

 

Because Jesus Christ is alive now, we don’t have to ask what Jesus WOULD do, as if in the past, but we can ask him directly, “What do I do now?” Let’s think more about Jesus being with us. He always does things with his whole heart, serving God in everything. We are already aligned with him spiritually, but we can also be with him mentally. Before I pick up my brushes, I remember to ask Jesus to be with me as I work on my painting, and I know he is present because he inspires me to change things, colors, shapes, etc. It’s really exciting.

 

Let’s have a great week remembering to live Colossians 3:23, doing our “whatsoevers” heartily unto the Lord, and not unto men.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

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