Whistle While You Work

Remember "Whistle While You Work" – Snow White’s dwarfs song?  A favorite childhood memory of mine is hearing my grandfather whistle. We always knew he was close, because we could hear him whistling.  Daddy Bill seemed always content and happy, whistling as he went.  I guess that's why whistling is a happy sound to me.

 

G. K. Chesterton wrote, "Joy is the gigantic secret of the Christian." God said a Fruit of His Spirit is joy (Galatians 5:22). How does one find joy in scrubbing toilets, changing diapers, leaky pipes, a struggling budget, long work hours, chronic pain, strained relationships ... yeah, how?  Written on the flyleaf of a Bible by King George V is "The secret of happiness is not to do what you like to do, but to learn to like what you have to do."  God doesn’t allows us to “call the shots” in life; rather, He commands us to trust Him and live obediently doing everything "heartily, as unto the Lord." (Colossians 3:23).  Therein lies the deepest joy for Believers – subservient (submissive) to Him any-where, any-time, any-way. Can you whistle while you work?  God wants us to!