C S Lewis - Why does a mole dig?

I reject at once the idea which lingers in the mind of some modern people that cultural activities are in their own right spiritual and meritorious - as though scholars and poets were intrinsically more pleasing to God than scavengers and bootblacks...

Let us tear it forever from our minds.

The work of a Beethoven and the work of a charwoman become spiritual on precisely the same condition -  that of being offered to God, of being humbly done 'as to the Lord'.

This does not, of course, mean that it is for anyone a mere toss-up whether he should sweep rooms or compose symphonies.

A mole must dig to the glory of God and a cock must crow.

We are members of one body, but differentiated members, each with his own vocation.

                  - C S Lewis, The Weight of Glory


     Just as each of us has one body and many
     members, and these members do not all have the
     same function, so in Christ we who are many
     form one body, and each member belongs to all
     others.

     We have different gifts, according to the grace
     given us.

     If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in
        proportion to his faith;
     if it is serving, let him serve;
     if it is teaching, let him teach;
     if it is encouraging, let him encourage;
     if it is contributing to the needs of others, let
        him give generously;
     if it is leadership, let him govern diligently.

                            - Romans 12:4-8


Father, no matter what I do today - whether it is weeding in the garden, washing dishes, telling people about your Rescue Plan, taking food to the hungry, let me do it for YOU - in your name - for your glory -

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

 - Colossians 3:17

Whatever you do, work at it will all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men...

- Colossians 3:23