Labor Day

Today is Labor Day. Yesterday the CBS magazine show, Sunday Morning, did a segment on workaholics and on those who had to work 2 jobs just to make a living. Both of these raise moral issues.

It was interesting that the workaholics often described themselves as addicts, unable to stop working 70 -90 hours a week. For some, it was clear that nothing - family - society - social responsibility - or even the vast sums of money they gained from their work was more important than working. We know how to arrest the addictions, but you do have to want to stop. None of these folk were remotely interested in stopping work.

You can tell what God you worship by looking at your life. Well?

Having to work two jobs just to make a living raises another whole stream of questions. What should the doing of work provide for the worker? This is not a free market, supply and demand issue. The free market concept is not a moral one, but one of power. Morally speaking, someone is profiting from the work. The one who profits from the work of others needs to pay them accordingly. If you don't make a profit, you probably ought to go out of business. The problem, of course, is not this simple, but those are the moral battle lines.

Did you ever think to ask whether what you do and how you do it is God's will for you? Honor the workern in you by asking and answering the question.
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