sense of euphoria at the feel of the hot water is not work, no matter how much energy you put into it and how much noise you make. If, however, your warbling was learning a part to sing in a choir, that would be work, because of its purpose. Work in the biblical sense is always goal-oriented; it is action with an end in view. Second, let us be clear that the Bible envisages life as a rhythm of work and rest (generally, labor by day and sleep by night; labor for six days and rest on the seventh) and