by Joanne Wiklund
Today is not just a “get the family together and grill” day. It’s Labor Day and tomorrow will be called Tuesday even though it will feel like a double Monday. Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September for 141 years. According to Wikipedia, it is celebrated “to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.”
What was your first job? Wiping dishes with a dish towel? Washing dishes so someone else could wipe them? The person who invented dishwashers first job must have been as a dishwasher in a restaurant! When I think of all the people who serve us out in the work force, I think about how most of them are unseen. Electricians who work for utility companies out repairing storm damaged utilities, first responders to traffic and other accidents. Carpenters, plumbers, electricians, nurses and doctors, dentists, people who repair appliances, auto technicians.
As Christians we are called to serve. Thousands of volunteers go into disaster areas where they do cleanup. Service is thinking of others first before your own needs. More people including incumbents in government need to respect work for others as their job. Work, not for our glory but for His. Getting close to Jesus allows us to learn where He wants us to serve. An old hymn we used to sing in Rapids City Christian Church before we became Countryside: “Work for the night is coming… “
Mrs. Harry Cognil’s hymn has been featured in 1,149 hymnals. You can hear it now on YouTube: Work for the Night is Coming.
II Timothy 1:9 “Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus.”