dailydatewithgod

I often wondered why work and fun are placed on opposite ends of the spectrum in many people’s minds.  Work is the things we have to do and fun is the things we want to do. Yet we are drawn to things that do work. Didn’t someone have to work to figure out how things work or if they do?  Is it fun because the end result is something or idea people like?  What happens to things that work that nobody notices or takes for granted?  Is it less valuable?  God draws us to a quiet space to determine what is working in our lives, what we are working in our lives, and determining if those are in alignment.  Labor is involved but somehow I do not think we would do well if we had no experience of labor in our lives.  I have observed at least in the part of the world I live in there is an opening of perspectives in all areas of life: money, relationships, systems, and even words. One of the greatest forms of clarity in my life is knowing how I understand particular ideas and their meanings as they apply to my life.  I feel through my daily dates with God that I am invited over and over again to look closely at my thinking and perception of words, ideas, and actions.  Just because I have understood work to be one thing my whole life because it was what I was taught does not mean it still applies today.  The desire of our hearts is for our work to be something that works in our lives and if it doesn’t finding a way to reconcile it.  I need God’s help anytime I think where I am is not where I am supposed to be.