There is nothing better

for a person than that

he should eat and drink

and find enjoyment in his toil.

This also, I saw,

is from the hand of God,

for apart from Him

who can eat

  or who can have enjoyment?

           Ecclesiastes 2. 24-25

(God is our source of joy

in whatever we do.

He does not promise

everything will be fun,

but that there is joy

        through Him.

May we seek out His joy

in whatever He places

before us to do,

not in striving to

      earn His favor,

but out of sheer love

                  for Him

and sheer joy in

    getting to serve Him,

sometimes in the most

  unexpected and unlikely ways.

God brings the fulfillment

      and completion to it.

We have only

        to be faithful.)

O LORD,

We come before You

not just in time of need,

but in serving You

in the extraordinary

   and in what we only see

   as ordinary.

You bring Your joy to it.

In Your eyes,

there is nothing mundane,

nothing that You cannot use

for Your glory

and for Your kingdom.

Even in this.

We can approach

the hard stuff differently

because You dwell in us.

Help us today to be ready

and equipped

and aware of opportunity,

even in the

      not so obvious ways

   of Your glory.