The Blessing of Labor

I personally believe life is more work than harvest, and that’s a blessing. Labor is the key to getting and sustaining all the beautiful things of life for the soul, mind, heart, and body.

• To have a quality relationship with God is work; you must seek and spend time with Him daily.
• To have a good marriage is work; you must share, support, and honour your partner.
• To be fit and healthy is work; you have to exercise, eat healthy, and sleep properly.
• To get good reputation is work; you have to do/build/contribute something worthy of attention.
• To reap, you must sow; You must water your plants consistently, fertilize, weed out unnecessary plants.
• To acquire a new skill is work; you must practice consistently.
• To be mentally sound is work; we must study, read, teach, and write.
• Financial freedom is work; you must save, invest, take calculated risks , and discipline your consumption.

Aside from the rewards we get from work, there’s also the meaning we derive from our sweat—the qualities we discover about ourselves that we never knew were in us. The strength, endurance, faith, and capacity that labor digs out of us make labor beautiful.