ADDING MORE JOY TO YOUR DAY

ADDING MORE JOY TO YOUR DAY

God tells us, “Every man should enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God” (Eccles. 3:13). How often have we not taken the time to do this?

 

We enjoy the money we get from a job but there are lots of things we make an effort to do in a day where we don’t get paid with money. We need to take a minute to acknowledge and celebrate those too. What about those small, seemingly insignificant tasks? God says we are to enjoy the good of ALL our labor.

 

This morning I reminded Jane of the one thing we needed to get from the store this afternoon: drinking water. Instantly it came to my mind that we have been keeping up on our emergency supply of water, toilet paper, meds, rice, and other things since 2013! I said to Jane, “Hey, we’ve done a great job at that!”

 

We aren’t supposed to just work and work and work until we exhaust ourselves. Most of us need to celebrate more. God says we’re supposed to “ENJOY THE GOOD OF ALL HIS [OUR] LABOR”, not just the good from the paycheck we get from our jobs, but the good we get from anything we work at. Do we get a good feeling and satisfaction from a small victory? We should. Do we get a thank you from someone? Enjoy the blessing of someone recognizing what you may have done for them. Do we tell ourselves how happy we are because we took on and learned a new skill? How about celebrating ourselves for accomplishing something we’ve been procrastinating for a while? There are many good results from our labors and lots of reasons to celebrate because we work at a variety of tasks.

 

Just think of some things you work at: Do you work at eating well? Reading the Bible? Are you working at hearing from the Lord more often in a day? Celebrate, acknowledge, and enjoy it. What about getting enough sleep? Do you allow yourself a nap so you can feel more alert? Be happy about it. Do you work at not gossiping? At paying your bills on time? Do you work at saying something kind every day? Do you work at spending more time with your kids?

 

Think of two things you worked at today. Whatever it is, God says we need to take the time to CELEBRATE and enjoy the good of our labor. It’s His gift to us. We can say, “Hey, I did pretty well at that. Great job! I did it!” The Lord wants us to be blessed and this is just one way He’s given us to put a little more joy in our day.

 

Love, Carolyn

 

I just finished the editing of all the chapters for Volume 2 of BIBLE LESSONS FROM NATURE! I’m taking a moment to enjoy that, and tomorrow I start with the Introduction, formatting, and some other technical stuff. I’m trying to get it out by Christmas or early in the new year. Here’s the link to Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/BIBLE-LESSONS-NATURE-Carolyn-Molica/dp/B0BV4GC859/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QACB0S8NH0BF&keywords=bible+lessons+from+nature&qid=1676485121&sprefix=%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1

If you’ve read it, I’d love to get an Amazon review. Thanks 😊

 

TAKING SOME TIME TO CELEBRATE

God tells us, “Every man should enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God” (Eccles. 3:13). How often have we not taken the time to do this?

We enjoy the money we get from a job but there are lots of jobs where we don’t get paid with money and we need to take a minute to acknowledge and celebrate those too. What about the small, seemingly insignificant work we do throughout a day? God says we are to enjoy the good of ALL our labor.

When I was working with my friend, Wendy, there was this one guy who seemed to never crack a smile. He’s in a wheelchair and went by us several times during the day. Even when I smiled at him, I got no reaction, as if I wasn’t even there. But the very last time in the day when he went by us I smiled again and made a joke, and sure enough he lightened up, smiled and even responded to my goofy remark. Wendy and I celebrated by getting all giggly and doing a little celebration dance at our accomplishment. That was fun.

We aren’t supposed to just work and work and work until we exhaust ourselves. Most of us need to celebrate more. God says we’re supposed to “ENJOY THE GOOD OF ALL HIS [OUR] LABOR”, not just the good from the paycheck we get from our jobs, but the good we get from anything we work at. Do we get a good feeling of accomplishment? The satisfaction of a small victory? Do we get a thank you from someone? Happiness in a new skill learned? Do we feel good about doing something we’ve been putting off for a while? There are many good results from our labors and lots of reasons to celebrate because we work at a variety of tasks.

Just think of some things you work at: Do you work at exercising? Eating well? Reading the Bible? Praying? Going to bed on time? Do you work at not gossiping? At paying your bills on time? Do you work at saying something kind every day? Do you work at spending more time with your kids?

Think of two things you worked at today. Whatever it was, God says we need to take the time to CELEBRATE. It’s His gift to us. We can say, “Hey, I did pretty well at that. Great job! I did it!” The Lord wants us to be blessed and this is just one way He’s given us to put a little more joy in day.

Love, Carolyn

QUESTIONS AND EASY CHALLENGES

1. Where does it say in the Bible that we should enjoy the good of our labor?

2. Besides your actual job, list at least five things you worked on this week. For each, what was the “good” of that labor? Did you celebrate? If not, give yourself a celebratory pat on the back or a verbal “Hey, great job!” right now.

3. What is the “gift of God” in Ecclesiastes 3:13?

I would love for you to have a copy of some of my writing. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=aps&keywords=WINGS%20Carolyn%20molica&linkCode=ur2&tag=jmbcsds-20&linkId=XQMVLVZYNBLYAGEM