I read an excellent post over on javalon’s xanga this morning concerning work. It’s worth a slow thoughtful read.

Here’s a quote:

Work cannot be merely something we must do to make money, to gain the ability to enjoy leisure time, or to propel us to “higher” things. No, work should be the expression of our creative energy being used in service of humanity (which cannot be separated from our service to God). jesus-palm.jpg

Work really does have value and it is not all tied up in economics. One of the best most rewarding jobs I had paid minimum wage, but the value I provided in the service of others can’t be measured in dollars and cents. Some of the greatest inventors, missionaries and people that changed the world, worked voluntarily. Jesus was a transient who didn’t own his own home or any form of transportation (they borrowed the donkey for that famous scene where he rides into Jerusalem), yet he changed the course of history and helped more people in 3 years than any of us could in a lifetime.