An excerpt from Dorothy Sayers collection of essays "Creed or Chaos" :
A very able surgeon put it to me like this: "What is happening," he said, " is that nobody works for the sake of getting the thing done. The actual result of the work is a by-product; the aim of the work is to make money to do something else. Doctors practice medicine, not primarily to relieve suffering, but to make a living -- the cure of the patient is something that happens on the way. Lawyers accept briefs, not because they have a passion for justice, but because the law is the profession which enables them to live. The reason," he added, "why men often find themselves happy and satisfied in the army is that for the first time in their lives they find themselves doing something, not for the sake of the pay, which is miserable, but for the sake of getting the thing done."
The importance of work, of our time, of our talent. We are responsible to God for the talent and time that He has granted us. How shall we use what is not so rightfully ours? Let us work for work.
Colossians 1:10 "And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God"
Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men"
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