labor-free
non-labor day. connoting lakeside days for the working class. even though he never said it out loud, my father taught me the importance of hard work; of doing your best. from him i took on the "no job is beneath me" mentality, having done everything from scrubbing camp toilets to teaching in higher education.
and, while no job is beneath any of us, as any career counselor will tell you, not every job will satisfy our unique gifts and talents. being content to do anything as part of our universal act of reasonable service while also pressing in to those things for which we were particularly created for seems to be part of what it might mean to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
looking at the patterns of vocation as well as avocation, we may find ourselves happiest working with people or alone, creating or managing, researching or organizing. in our current economic state, i think most people are just glad to have a means of making money, without as much time maybe as they would like to luxuriate in their calling and passion. i am a teacher (although i always wanted to be a graphic designer) and wouldn't trade it for anything. somewhere along the way, i fell awake into the realization that i was meant to work with all ages in a variety of spiritual and academic settings. but, while i was searching, people even gave me copies of the book, "renaissance souls: a book for people with too many passions to pick just one."
job roles and titles come and go. but my avocation? friend. and that's something that needs no vacation day.
and, while no job is beneath any of us, as any career counselor will tell you, not every job will satisfy our unique gifts and talents. being content to do anything as part of our universal act of reasonable service while also pressing in to those things for which we were particularly created for seems to be part of what it might mean to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
looking at the patterns of vocation as well as avocation, we may find ourselves happiest working with people or alone, creating or managing, researching or organizing. in our current economic state, i think most people are just glad to have a means of making money, without as much time maybe as they would like to luxuriate in their calling and passion. i am a teacher (although i always wanted to be a graphic designer) and wouldn't trade it for anything. somewhere along the way, i fell awake into the realization that i was meant to work with all ages in a variety of spiritual and academic settings. but, while i was searching, people even gave me copies of the book, "renaissance souls: a book for people with too many passions to pick just one."
job roles and titles come and go. but my avocation? friend. and that's something that needs no vacation day.
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