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Re: not letting them define us
Dan Temmesfeld said;
>work is really
>just a way to afford rent, food, clothing, etc.
Shannon Lewis response;
I guess I hold much more to the Puritan's view of world -- your work
is your calling and is done as an act of worship to God. If God is
God and God is sovereign, then all of the circumstances of your life
ultimate reflect his hand at work, either as a first cause or a
secondary cause; either permissively or as part of his over-arching
plan of what He plans on doing with you. Looking at Genesis one
recognizes (whether one sees this as history or myth) that only
"toil" is a result of the fall -- we were placed here (yes, "our
purpose") to "work the garden". So, in a sense, though it is not ALL
that we are, we are still in large part defined by our work -- and
work is not bad -- work is an act of worship. I realize a great many
of you are not "believers", but for those of you that are, I
challenge you to take a closer look at how you percieve your work,
and "do everything you do as unto the Lord."
Oh, and Over the Rhine rocks...
;-)
mr. shannon lee lewis
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