Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

The workers should take Jesus with them in
every department of their labor. Whatever is done
should be done with an exactness and thoroughness
that will bear inspection. The heart should be in the
work. Faithfulness is as essential in life’s common
duties as in those involving greater responsibility.
Some may receive the idea that their work is not
ennobling; but this is just as they choose to make it.
They alone are capable of degrading or elevating
their employment. We wish that every drone might
be compelled to toil for his daily bread, for work is
a blessing, not a curse. Diligent labor will keep us
from many of the snares of Satan, who “finds some
mischief still for idle hands to do.”
Be Not Ashamed of Work
None of us should be ashamed of work,
however small and servile it may appear. Labor is
ennobling. All who toil with head or hands are
working men or working women. And all are doing
their duty and honoring their religion as much
while working at the washtub or washing the
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