How do you "Work"?

"Stubbornness involves me forcing things to work, while perseverance requires me to work consistently with what's already working."

Read more at: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227288#ixzz2ZKUJlSPg.

A Beautiful Image

Mowing the lawn, cleaning the garage, working on a project in the shop. Every time my friends came over to our house, you worked us like dogs. I could never figure out why all the guys always wanted to come to my house.

But I figured it out later: you treated them like men. And then you’d fire up the BBQ and spend the rest of the day asking us what we wanted to do with our life that would make an eternal impact. Thanks, Dad.

~ The Resurgence

The Expression

Vocation is a part of life through which we express Christian discipleship. ~ The Resurgence

A Response, Not a Task List

When Jesus became the final, perfect, and complete sacrificial lamb, our sins were covered with his blood and God’s wrath was appeased. With his resurrection, we are extended new life. Our work then becomes a joyful response to salvation, not tasks to get done.

~ The Resurgence

http://theresurgence.com/2013/01/28/your-worth-is-not-in-your-to-do-list?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheResurgence+%28The+Resurgence%29

"For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead." ~ James 2:26

Gospel message

"The gospel message is that we are saved by Christ’s work, not by our work." ~ The Resurgence

http://theresurgence.com/2012/10/28/two-ways-the-gospel-changes-your-view-of-sin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheResurgence+%28The+Resurgence%29

Stop to breathe & reflect?

"For Aristotle, contemplation is the activity in which human beings reach their highest fulfillment. For that, we need leisure. In our culture today, though, most people probably do not use their leisure to contemplate the good, the true, and the beautiful. Our leisure is filled more with entertainment than contemplation." ~ Gospel Coalition
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/10/08/the-purpose-of-work/

Your thoughts? 

The way in work...

"...loving one's neighbor means to treat other human beings, particularly those we meet in our vocations, as intrinsic, not instrumental goods; that is, we see them as being valuable in themselves, and not just for how we can use them. This holds true for the way husbands and wives need to treat each other, and for the way a Christian business owner treats customers." ~ Gospel Coalition
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/10/08/the-purpose-of-work

In what way do you view people? 

What's your work zone?

"Nevertheless, God providentially works through vocation so as to bless others despite the sinner's evil motives. (A business owner may have selfish motivations, but unless the business meets people's needs, it will not be successful.) For the Christian, on the other hand, ordinary labor and ordinary relationships can be transfigured, as faith discerns the presence of God, who is active in the humblest of callings. Our vocations become the arena for the Christian life, where sanctification happens, the site of 'faith working through love' (Galatians 5:6)."

"The doctrine of vocation, properly understood, frees us from our sinful selves through the gospel as our love for God overflows into love for our neighbors. Our very work becomes transformed not in its substance...but in its meaning and in its value." ~ Gospel Coalition
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/10/08/the-purpose-of-work/

In your work, what kind of mindset do you put on? Can you relate to the above?

Scalp project continued...

 

Half-way done with the acupuncture scalp project...a little more time consuming than expected...