As I left the house early this morning, I was blessed with the beauty of a clear, pre-dawn sky. The planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mars were all in view. I wished I could stay home from work and enjoy the wonders in the heavens above. I felt short-changed. Denied something I wanted. Then I realized the paradox. If I didn’t have to go to work, I would not have gotten out of bed in time to see the beautiful sky. How did I not see that coming?
Some Monday’s are particularly hard to get up and go to work. This one started off that way, along with a little guilt, compliments of a book I purchased yesterday. Now I know you can’t believe everything you read (this blog is proof of that) but sometimes I find it hard to ignore advice when it comes from a prominent, well respected writer.
One message of the book in question could be summarized thus: If you are doing what God has uniquely gifted you to do, you will enjoy going to work. If that is true, then there are a whole bunch of us who are not doing what God has in mind for us. It’s not that I hate my job, but if I had the choice, I would definitely pick a week-end over a week-day.
I am sure some might suggest that I change my job, but I can’t help but wonder if the writer of a letter to the Phillipians might have another suggestion. This author said he had learned to be content anywhere, which makes me think: What really needs to change? Is it my job . . . or my attitude?