Weekly Inspiration
August 30, 2010
Good Afternoon,
The end of August approaches this week, and with it comes the celebration of Labor Day. I always found it a bit ironic that Labor Day comes, for me, as we are beginning to actually start the labor of a new programming year. It would make more sense in my mind if this celebration of Labor Day were to come at the end of a hard year's labor, and yet it always hits as we are about to begin. This of course is not true for most in our country but in my line of work it is so. I have come to appreciate the timing of this particular holiday though in recent years. Instead of a "reward day" for a job well done, for me it becomes a day of anticipation for the labor that is before me. It gives me a sense of calm to view the work that has been done in the past, and know that I am up to the task of what lies ahead. Viewing this day as a circular event, seeing the past and envisioning the future helps me start the year off with more passion and confidence.
We all have labor yet to be done, be it labor in our job, labor in our personal life, or labor for our church and others. God asks us to put in work for the Church and those around us so that we may be God's hands in our world. Without the labor and passion of God's children FOR God's children, the world would be a much different place, with a lot less reason to celebrate a special day each September.
Our work is never done, but for a day this weekend, may we all take a moment to reflect on our past labor and look forward with confidence and passion to that which lies ahead.
Blessings,
David Annett
Please keep in your prayers:
Jamie Buchert in the hospital
Linda Bradford, Jamie Buchert’s mother, cancer
Pam Dillion’s brother, Stretch Baker
Ruth Rounding, upcoming outpatient surgery
Jim Constable, receiving treatment in Seattle
Patricia Latessa
Nancy Moormann, recovering at home
The end of August approaches this week, and with it comes the celebration of Labor Day. I always found it a bit ironic that Labor Day comes, for me, as we are beginning to actually start the labor of a new programming year. It would make more sense in my mind if this celebration of Labor Day were to come at the end of a hard year's labor, and yet it always hits as we are about to begin. This of course is not true for most in our country but in my line of work it is so. I have come to appreciate the timing of this particular holiday though in recent years. Instead of a "reward day" for a job well done, for me it becomes a day of anticipation for the labor that is before me. It gives me a sense of calm to view the work that has been done in the past, and know that I am up to the task of what lies ahead. Viewing this day as a circular event, seeing the past and envisioning the future helps me start the year off with more passion and confidence.
We all have labor yet to be done, be it labor in our job, labor in our personal life, or labor for our church and others. God asks us to put in work for the Church and those around us so that we may be God's hands in our world. Without the labor and passion of God's children FOR God's children, the world would be a much different place, with a lot less reason to celebrate a special day each September.
Our work is never done, but for a day this weekend, may we all take a moment to reflect on our past labor and look forward with confidence and passion to that which lies ahead.
Blessings,
David Annett
Please keep in your prayers:
Jamie Buchert in the hospital
Linda Bradford, Jamie Buchert’s mother, cancer
Pam Dillion’s brother, Stretch Baker
Ruth Rounding, upcoming outpatient surgery
Jim Constable, receiving treatment in Seattle
Patricia Latessa
Nancy Moormann, recovering at home
