But you, take courage!

Do not let

        your hands be weak,

for your work

            shall be rewarded.

             2 Chronicles 15. 7

(Stay faithful on the path.

God is bearing fruit

     through every good work.

It just may not be ripe yet.

The greater fruit lasts

    far beyond our lifetimes.

His fruitfulness emerges through

    our faithfulness to Him,

even in what we do not

          consider as "work."

His extraordinary work in us

     encompasses even what we only see

                 as ordinary.

We do not just survive as we strive,

    but thrive in impossible places.

There are no small obediences.

Take courage!

       God is at work.

"Do not fear.  I am with you.")

O LORD,

We come before You

    to worship You

             in all we do,

 knowing that the Hebrew word

           for work

simultaneously means worship.

May our work not only bear fruit

       but bring You glory.

Help us to see our work

         as worship to You.

We are not called to a task

    but called to You.