There are days when I don’t get excited about my job. And I have a really good job in my industry. It is considered by many to be a career capper, and most guys stay with our company until they retire once they get in.
Today is one of the days that doesn’t excite me. I have to be out at a ship at 0630, which normally wouldn’t be all that big a deal. It’s not like I’m going to have to do all that much physical labor when I get there. Just take some pictures and jot down some notes so I can go back to the office and write a report about it. Actually it is kind of nice to be in a stage of life where I am getting paid more for expertise than for my physical work.
Mostly because I have a lazy streak, I guess.
Did you ever wonder why work can be such a drag sometimes no matter what you do?
Would you believe there is an explanation for it in the Bible?
It goes all the way back to the beginning. Back to the garden of Eden. When God found out that Adam & Eve had done the one thing that He told them not to do, He threw them out of the place. – Talk about violating the terms of your lease! Sheesh! They only had 1 rule to follow and they couldn’t do it. No wonder we humans are so messed up!
Anyway, as he was walking the kids to the door, God hollered out a curse at each of them. Here’s what God had to say to Adam as he was collecting his belongings:
And to Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate the fruit I told you not to eat, I have placed a curse on the ground. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. All your life you will sweat to produce food, until your dying day. Then you will return to the ground from which you came. For you were made from dust, and to the dust you will return.”
Yep. Basically God said there will be days when you won’t get excited about your job. Lots of them.
I know that doesn’t really help make it any better – no useful job enjoyment tip today. Sorry to disappoint you. But sometimes doesn’t just knowing why something is the way it is make it a little less frustrating?
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The funny thing is that even jobs that can be entertaining or “fun” are still work and don’t often feel that way. Those is full time ministry (paid that is) can attest to this as well. It’s a challenge separating job from passion and calling since they all blend into one weird ball of doom sometimes. There are days where they have to do what they do because it’s also just their job.
Then other’s (like myself) who are heavily involved in ministry and also have a separate full time job with nothing to do with ministry whatsoever. While my heart and passion is for doing other things, it’s a challenge when I have to focus on “work”, since for me, work (not matter how interesting) is just a way to facilitate ministry.
“one weird ball of doom” Oh! That’s classic! 😆
Do you have a copyright on that one, Dave? Because I might want to borrow it from time to time!
But I know what you’re saying. My job doesn’t exactly stink, if you know what I mean. But some days are definately better than others. And it is certainly not my first passion.
I’ve found that adding the phrase “of love” or “of doom” at the end of any noun is instant comedy. Try it with me….
I went into the coffee shop… of love!
Hand me that bowling ball… of doom.
This morning I wash my hair… of love
Later I will eat a veggie wrap… of doom!
Oh, I get it. Sort of like adding “in bed” to the end of your fortune cookie fortune!
Expect great things today… in bed.
You will find something special… in bed.
You will be richly rewarded… in bed.
There’s a bright future ahead of you… in bed.
You make a good point Chris -sometimes you just have to accept (and even be comforted)that there will be “one of those days” every now and then, and that “weird ball of doom” will come rolling in(yes, I love that one too -what a metaphor!). All the best.
We don’t have to like it, Starbucker. But yes, most of the time we’d be better off if we’d just Fall in Love with O-R.