Abandonment > Being an Option: When God Says, “You Deserve Better”
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From Creation to Restoration, your desk can also become an altar.
Work.
For most of us, it feels like a weight.
Deadlines. Meetings. Competition.
At best, a paycheck. At worst, a burden.
But pause for a moment—
what if I told you this:
your workplace is not outside God’s plan.
It’s woven right into His Gospel story.
Creation – Work was holy once.
In Eden, before sin stained the soil,
God gave Adam work.
Not as punishment,
but as purpose.
To plant, to care, to create.
Work was worship before it became weariness.
And you—
yes, you—
still carry that design in your hands.
Fall – Why it feels broken.
Now, let’s be honest.
Work doesn’t always feel sacred.
It feels unfair, exhausting, endless.
The Fall didn’t just wound our hearts.
It wounded our labor too.
And that ache you feel at your desk?
That’s not just burnout.
That’s the shadow of Eden lost.
Redemption – Christ at your desk.
But the Cross—
the Cross changes everything.
Christ didn’t just redeem your Sundays.
He redeemed your Mondays too.
Your cubicle. Your corner office.
Your factory floor.
Every small act—
patience with a colleague,
fairness with a client,
forgiveness for an unjust boss—
becomes a participation in Redemption.
You are not just working.
Christ is working through you.
Renewal – Work as service.
Suddenly, it’s no longer “me and my career.”
It’s “Christ through me.”
Your desk becomes an altar.
Your words become seeds.
Your integrity becomes light.
Work becomes worship
when it is soaked in service.
Restoration – The bigger picture.
And one day—
yes, one day—
Christ will return,
and all labor will be made new.
The curse will be lifted.
Work will once again taste like Eden.
But until then—
your labor is not wasted.
It is a glimpse.
A whisper.
A fragment of restoration.
So tomorrow, when you log in, walk in, or punch in—
don’t just see “work.”
See God’s story unfolding through your hands.
Because the Gospel isn’t preached only from altars.
Sometimes, it’s typed in emails.
Sometimes, it’s stapled to reports.
Sometimes, it’s lived quietly in cubicles.
And when you see it that way—
work stops being a burden.
It becomes a calling.
A poet, author, and faith writer who believes words can heal what silence hides. My poetry collections — Inked Emotions, Scattered Feelings Stitched in Ink, and Love Beyond Loss — were born out of seasons of grief, solitude, and deep reflection.
Here on Catholic365, I’ve been humbled to share reflections that have reached hundreds of readers. I write not from a place of perfection, but from a longing to make sense of love, loss, and the quiet ways God speaks into our lives.
Whether it’s a poem, a story, or a small reflection, my hope is that you feel seen, encouraged, and gently reminded that faith isn’t always loud — sometimes it’s found in the waiting, the falling, the starting again.
You can find more of my work at https://about.me/anniedcosta
