There are times when we work hard and we give it all we got and we feel like no one notices. It can be discouraging. Although, when this happens to me, I am reminded that I am not working hard for recognition, I am doing it because it either needs to get done, it’s the right thing to do, it’s a blessing to have the responsibility/job and more than that, I am doing it for the Lord. For I know having a home and family to care for is a blessing, that having a job is a blessing, and that when God calls us to something and gives us responsibility, we are to be dutiful in that calling. Also, God notices. He knows how hard we work, how much of ourselves we give. Friend, we may not always get a pat on the back or a high five, but we will always have God in our corner cheering us on. May all we do and all that we are given, we do it especially for the Lord. For even if it seems at times like we are unappreciated and undervalued, God sees us. May we find joy in what we do because of what we have and know that God is there cheering us on.

Erin Fitts-Brower

Colossians 3:23-24 NIV

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.