My grandmothers and grandfathers revealed a strong work ethic for all their grandchildren to see.  Now deceased, they  kept moving, kept going, kept working until their bodies could no longer work.  Oftentimes, people ask:  How long would you like to work?  When they ask, I am reminded of the precious men & women I see in my mind:  my grandparents.

• So, if you are reading this blog and can identify with a hardworking lady in your life, then this writing is a tribute to them—to ALL the godly, hardworking girls who came before us.
• Then, if you are reading and can identify with all the hardworking men in your life, then this writing is also a tribute to them—to ALL the godly, hardworking boys who came before us.

First, let’s look together at what God reveals in His Word about those who work.  Please read with me God’s Holy Word.

Growth in love is something God does in & through us.  It is not something we can do on our own because love is costly and sacrificial.  Jesus Himself reminds us in the second greatest commandment recorded in Matthew 22 how we are to love others as we love ourselves. So, with this in mind, let’s honor those beautiful grandmothers and grandfathers who came before us as we look at “loving others through the work we do with our hands.”

• If we are mothers, we show our love to the children God has given us by feeding them healthy meals, caring for their needs, hugging them tight, and praying for them daily.
• If we are farmers, we express our love for God through our work by growing food and selling it at a fair price when we take it to market.
• If we are doctors, we tirelessly work for God to find healing for the patients God sends into our waiting rooms.
• If we are business owners, we hire others and give them good work to do as we pay them a good wage and healthy working conditions.
• If we are chefs, we prepare tasty, nutritious foods, creating meals that fill the stomach and help bring peace to other’s whole self.
• If we are builders, we repair and replace that which is broken by restoring what belongs to others.
• If we are railroaders, we keep the rails safe and the signals working properly so that lives are saved and not lost.
• If we are counselors or principals of schools, we direct our students back to the safe path they are to take in order to receive their education.
• If we are bankers, we account for every penny, knowing that all of the money in the world belongs first to God and then second to the one who has trusted us with their finances.
• If we are teachers, we prepare lessons, meet individually with students, praying over them daily, as we give them the best of ourselves through the lessons we teach.
• If we are fathers, we lead our sons and daughters by example, revealing the love of God to them in everything we do.

Let us pause and thank our Father God for what He has given to us, from the beginning, when He placed the first man Adam in the garden and then gave His creation “work” to do.