Good morning everyone and welcome back to another mornings with the masters where we devote

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning you guys. Good morning indeed. We're

picking up with day three of our better than normal devotional. In the Bible app there's

a link to that in the description if you guys want to follow along with us and as always I'm

going to read the scripture then Tor is going to pick up with the divo. Let's do it. The scripture

is Genesis chapter 2 verse 15 and it says this, the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden

of Eden to work it and take care of it. The devotional is titled work and it says this, work is a

good thing that God has given all of us children work at school and do chores at home,

teenagers train in sports while others get their first job, adults work at raising kids,

serving others and running companies, some of us go to work away from our homes and some of us

don't. Some of us get paid to work and some of us don't and some of us love our work and some of us

don't. No matter what we do or how we work God has given us this gift to provide for our families

as well as make a difference in the world. While our work is a gift from God sometimes we can develop

an unhealthy relationship with it just like with money. For example some people overwork themselves

to the point of burnout which may lead to serious health issues other times we may struggle with

under working whether by choice or due to circumstances out of our control. Working hard and

resting well are both incredibly valuable but ultimately we must find a better than normal

viewpoint and work ethic when it comes to how much we produce. Let's take a look at the

difference between what normal and better than normal can look like in our work lives. Normal

finds its identity in a job while better than normal knows who we are in Christ. Normal chooses

work a holism while better than normal knows when to say no. Normal accepts exhaustion while

better than normal values rest. Normal looks for ways to avoid difficult work while better than normal

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