Labor Day 1997

Here is a thought for you to think on
	As you drive your Chevy or Lincoln,
As you drink your ice tea or lemon aid
	On this special Labor Day.

When God drove man from His garden
	His own heart He would not harden.
For, though He kept His gate with flaming saber
	He gave to man the "gift of labor."

So when you arise at early dawn
	This is what you should think on,
"God, who would not his creation spoil,
	Gives us each day our daily toil."

So from what we do we are known
	Whether we garden or sit on a throne.
And when we close our eyes at night
	If we've done well we feel alright.

And even when we cease this world to roam
	And we arrive at our Heavenly home
We will not, in that land so fair
	Spend eternity in a rocking chair.

But we will like God's angels be
	So that through out all eternity
We will always do what is right
	By serving God both day and night.

So it is good to thank God (it is no quirk)
	That we should choose to honor work,
For six days God labored before He quit
	And on the seventh He rested a bit.

So labor is good as God is good
	And when this is clearly understood
Then I can be proud of what I am
	Proud to be a laboring man.

Pastor Van