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A prayer for rediscovering joy in your work by Amy Carroll. Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will

serve before kings. They will not serve before officials of low rank. Proverbs

22 29. of low rank, Proverbs 2229.

As I faced the heaviest workload of my life, I fretted.

To do lists multiplied and details started to feel overwhelming.

Each day I worked from sun up to sundown

and lay awake at night thinking about what the next 24 hours would hold.

I was exhausted, discouraged, and wondering if all my work meant

anything. Then two things happened that changed my perspective. I remembered something I prayed months before at the beginning of my

gargantuan project. I prayed, Lord, help me to do all that you call me to do in this season, and not one thing more.

The Lord also brought to mind a conversation that I had with my friend Susie where she shared a new concept.

Susie prayed that God would convert her work to worship. What a beautiful idea.

Each morning she spent time with God, reading her Bible and praying, and then she moved into her work,

letting God's presence flow seamlessly into every task.

As I reflected on the bad attitude I was starting to develop, I realized I had failed on both accounts. I was overworking and I was compartmentalizing my work, as if it weren't related to any other part of my life.

Those two missteps were making me miserable by skewing my perspective about the labor of my hands.

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