I'm neither an economist nor a business person, but it seems to me that at the heart of the bad economy lie people who build up debt beyond what they could ever pay back. The idea that it is our right to have everything our hearts desire whether we can afford it or not is growing and morphing rapidly.
But I digress...many people look at work as something to dislike and to do as little of as possible and with all the distractions of today, it is certainly easy to do a lot of nothing. However, both the Bible and Ellen White are clear that work was not a result of sin, as much as we'd sometimes like to believe it.
"Their occupation was not wearisome, but pleasant and invigorating. God appointed labor as a blessing to man, to occupy his mind, to strengthen his body, and to develop his faculties....And when, as a result of his disobedience, he was driven from his beautiful home, and forced to struggle with a stubborn soil to gain his daily bread, that very labor, although widely different from his pleasant occupation in the garden, was a safeguard against temptation and a source of happiness. Those who regard work as a curse, attended though it be with weariness and pain, are cherishing an error." (PP pg. 50)
Now, I'll admit that I don't always want to do housework, and I often don't want to do homework, but when I'm getting paid to do a job, I generally try to give it my best. I do, however, sometimes find myself to be easily distracted at times. But I see an increasing number of people - young and old - who not only get distracted, but they avoid work like the plague. Surrounded by a culture of laziness I can't help but wonder: in light of God's design for work, is distraction from work less of a temptation than anything else?
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