An excerpt from Dorothy Sayers collection of essays “Creed or Chaos” :
A very able surgeon put it to me like this: “What is happening,” he said, ” is that nobody works for the sake of getting the thing done. The actual result of the work is a by-product; the aim of the work is to make money to do something else. Doctors practice medicine, not primarily to relieve suffering, but to make a living — the cure of the patient is something that happens on the way. Lawyers accept briefs, not because they have a passion for justice, but because the law is the profession which enables them to live. The reason,” he added, “why men often find themselves happy and satisfied in the army is that for the first time in their lives they find themselves doing something, not for the sake of the pay, which is miserable, but for the sake of getting the thing done.”

I found this on the blog for a family who has recently lost their father and husband to a tragic car wreck. Some of us have been praying for her as she is struggling to remain strong.

As I read this, I am thankful for a father who is an exception to the doctors mentioned above yet realized how easily I could be come one of the men mentioned as only making a living if I am not focused on the goal…Not the goal of money or even fame(which is big in my profession) but rather of doing something great for the kingdom and wanting to work as one working for the Lord…I think that is what God is trying to teach me through the experiences that I learned this morning…(in the previous entry)