Monday... I know, I know, you just don't want to go back to work.

Monday... I know, I know, you just don't want to go back to work. But let this word from God's Word encourage you.

Proverbs 28:19-20 (MSG) says, "Work your garden - you'll end up with plenty of food; play and party - you'll end up with an empty plate. Committed and persistent work pays off; get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs."

I am retired but I still get up each morning to do something that could be called work but without the money. And God rewards me for my diligence and He does you too. Now there is one thing that my dad and mom handed down to me that I have striven to give to my children. It is that God rewards hard work. We each one were created with a purpose in mind. Adam's first job was to name all of the animals in the Garden. He had a reason to get up each morning.

Also God gave us an example. It says that God labored for six days and then He rested. I wonder what would have happened to us if God had gotten up and said, "No, I don't want to go to work." We wouldn't be here.

In God's eyes your work has value, it has purpose. God blesses hard work. He really does.

Verse 19 in the NIRV says, "Those who work their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams will be very poor."

Proverbs 27:23-27 (MSG) says, "Know your sheep by name; carefully attend to your flocks; (Don't take them for granted; possessions don't last forever, you know.) And then, when the crops are in and the harvest is stored in the barn, you can knit your sweaters from lamb's wool, and sell your goats for profit; There will be plenty of milk and meat to last your family through the winter."

Yes God wants to take care of you but there probably will be some work involved. And that is a gift from God. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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