Remember the episode when Granny Clampett – “Doctor Granny” had a visit from a fancily dressed woman with a hazy conglomeration of maladies?  The doctor cut to the chase pretty quickly.  “Get down on your hands and knees and scrub the kitchen floor!”  The lady stopped by the next day, most exuberant — she had followed orders and slept like a baby…

Doing things.  Our work, for ourselves and for others, can have healing, holy properties.  Jesus had a clear sense of his life’s work; let us follow Our Lord’s example by prayerfully discerning our calling.

From Hymn 541:
Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain,
while all around us waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say, “Go work today.”

Brad Norris
Minister of Music