Under The Parsonage Roof
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by Althea S. Miller A ll But The W o rk H e entered the house with an air as crisp as an autumn day. “ I like school,” the near-eight- year-old announced to anyone in terested. Mother was. “Praise the Lord,” she said aloud. In her heart Mother mar velled: “Can this be Paul Kent making such a breath-taking an nouncement? He never li - -” “ I like school, all but the work. But that playground is sure swell.” “This is more like it,” Mother muttered to herself. “We’re back to normal. Paul Kent and work never did agree.” As the third grader launched into detailed explanations of the wonders of the school playground, Mother scrubbed potatoes for dinner and asked herself why her young son disliked work so violently. She con cluded that Kent was not alone in his dislike. Actually, if she had anyone who could take over in the kitchen for her she’d dash to the type writer and work at something far more to her liking. What is work? What makes work? What is the purpose of work? Work must be any task to which one is bound or to which there are obligations to perform. Work, in the disagree able sense, is doing anything one doesn’t like to do. The ball player will work his legs and arms al most off for the sheer love of the game. To him, such work is not work in the disagreeable sense. Sin in the human race brought work for daily bread upon men. “ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread . . .” (Gen. 3:19). There is a certain deterrent to sin in work. God knew this and cursed the ground “for man’s sake.” Some Christians like church “ all but the work.” Work stands between them and an abundant testimony for Christ. They love the brethren—up to the point of work where a brother needs a lift. One day “ Every man’s [be liever’s] work shall be made manifest . . . and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” (1 Cor. 3:13). What kind of a workman are you?
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