Today is Labor Day, the first Monday in September, which also marks the end of summer for many. It's back to school for student and back to the fall grind for most, but not for a prisoner. It's just another day in the life of an inmate. So on a day set aside for honoring the working man, an inmate doesn't skip a beat. Not only did some work duties continue today, but the same attitudes followed them. The attitude exists that any physical or mental exertion is not fair to us. The "we have the right to something," is one of the main reasons some of us are here. I left that mentality on the outside, because I don't deserve anything in here.
I am not worthy of anything in here and many need to understand that we are not entitled to anything in here. We have been reduced to captives, prisoners, property of the state, thus humbled servants deserving of nothing. But that's not how many look at this situation and so the cycle continues.
They give us enough here to live, but we still believe we deserve more. How true is this in the free world too where we take, take, take, and give only to get back. We are deserving of nothing in this world and we are sent to be servants. God gave us his only begotten son and look what we did to him. But there is still something else we don't deserve-- but we were given freely-- and that is salvation. But many choose not to receive. As a prisoner of the state, I know I deserve nothing, but as a prisoner of Christ, I am taking what was given, the gift of eternal life. Though undeserving, I am humbled to be a servant. For this prisoner, Labor Day is just another day, but in honor of the working man, I am thankful to "have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit that is from God that we may know the things that have been freely given to us by God." (1Cor.2:12)
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
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