It's so Hard....Monday

8/4/14

So many things fill our days. Things to get done, work to be finished, emails to be answered, bills to be paid, Solomon had observed the busyness of man when he declared:

I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business 
which God has given to the sons of men with which 
to exercise and busy themselves. 
Ecclesiastes 3:10 AMP

Just when I think that all of the hard work, unending responsibilities, and due diligence will never be completed, I am reminded: 

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy]      Ecclesiastes 3: 11a AMP

I don't have a fabulous career. I am not 'living the dream' of my teenage imagination. My family doesn't have it all together. We try to keep it all together but we use a lot of duct tape! Sometimes I feel like I am in a speeding car and even though my hands are on the steering wheel, the road keeps changing, and I am going in a direction I did not anticipate. But in the midst of it all, God's Word says:

I know that there is nothing better for them 
than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live; 
And also that every man  should eat and drink 
and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God. 
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 AMP

Dear Father, thank You for designing us for work and for creating in us a desire to find Your purpose in our lives. Please help us to remember that every good and perfect gift is from You. Every bite that we eat, the clothes we wear, and the company of friends are ultimately from You delivered to us by Your design. Please help us to be grateful for the work You have given us. In Jesus name, amen.

Written by Mary M. Wilkins