So,

whether you eat or drink,

   or whatever you do,

do all to the glory of God.

         1 Corinthians 10. 31

(That verse orders our days.

The key word is whatever.

In all things

   --no exclusions--

       hard or easy

      or even "not that!"

nothing is insignificant

              for His glory.

It all matters,

    the big stuff

    and what only appears mundane.

When we do that thing,

          whatever it is,

His glory does not make it easy,

but His glory bears fruit through it

        for generations.

It is only a tiny seed in our eyes,

    an act of faithfulness, 

      a small sacrifice perhaps.

But God plants sequoias.)

O LORD,

We come before You

   with an ordinary day

   or an impossible one,

and You bring Your glory.

Write Your name all over

   whatever we do today.

Order our day.

Guide our thoughts to You,

   in what we do

   and what we pursue.

Appoint our steps.

Help us to see differently

   what is before us

and the sacredness of our work.