On this Labor Day, I’m thinking about work. My job has been unusually stressful, and shows no abatement. It has cut into my relationship, my pleasure, and my sleep. Still I am grateful. I’m employed and I think I’m making a difference.
But I must admit, I often relegate my work to duty — punch the clock, do what’s expected, and go home. And that’s sad, because it could be so much more.
The Reformation brought about many things in the sixteenth century, including a destruction of aristocracy, an unprededented equality and the closure of the gulf between the laity and the priesthood
The established church was ensconced in power – considering their ministry sacred and despising all else as secular.
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
“Power to the People,” as the masses read the Bible for themselves – and it changed their lives.
Suddenly, the sacred found itself in music, in art, in expressions of kind. Men built bridges to God and erected buildings for His glory. Farmers plowed the sacred ground of the Almighty and blacksmith banged their awls as unto the Lord.
The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world next to the power of God. — Blaise Pascal
How is your work going? Are you making a difference? Comment below so we all share in this union of reformers.
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