What is the most important job in the world? How do we measure the work we do?
I want to write a sermon for any of us who have lost our jobs. I want to have us look at what we do and why we do it if we haven't lost our jobs.
Why do we do what we do and how do we get along after what we are supposed to do we can no longer do?
The sermon will look at aspects of our work:
1. We each have a profession. We are, all of us, professionals. Maybe it is that we clean floors or wash windows. Perhaps our job involves driving a car or a truck or a bus. Maybe we are professional teachers; in the classroom; in the boardroom; in the aisles at the grocery store, but we teach even when we are not aware of it.
Maybe our job as a parent is bringing up a child to be a socialized and productive adult.
2. There is compensation for the work we do. There has to be compensation because no one works for free. Maybe the compensation is the satisfaction that we have done a good job. Maybe the compensation is the result of the influence we see we have had on other people. Maybe the compensation is the salary they pay us and the things we can do with it.
3. The pension is a part of our work and it causes us to ask what our job does for us personally. What kind of person are we becoming because of the work we do?
We may have lost our employment but we never lose our job as long as we know what our job really is. We will never lose our profession, our compensation, or our pension if we consider that we are "the salt of the earth" and "the light of the world".
What is your profession?
What is your payment?
What is your pension?
If you have thoughts on this write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to have readers of the blog read your thoughts click on the 'comments' box below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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