Labor Day Sunday

Labor Day has always been a time to have some summer fun before Summer is officially over!  The first Labor Day celebration was in New York City in 1882 and was organized by the Central Labor Union.  From the beginning, it has always been held on the lst Monday of September.

 

 

In 1909 , the AFL designated the Sunday before Labor Day as Labor Sunday, dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.   Labor has worked to improve the plight of its workers, including child labor laws, five-day week, on and on labor has improved the quality of life for the people who keep the country running.  I take my hat off to the labor force and for the forces behind the labor movement!

The Lord God understood the need for rest and recreation as well as the inherent value of good old-fashioned work.  He cushioned it all in Commandments 1 and 5 of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:9).  The !first commandment spelled out succinctly his plan for our living:  "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."   So many people in today's society put work, play, or nothingness before the God who created them!   Believe me, that is one easy pattern to get into!

But the Lord gets into serious spelling out later in Commandment 5:  "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest even during the plowing season and harvest, thou shalt rest."   Doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room or work room, does it?

Think on these things!