No Small Days

Do not despise

   the day of small things,

for the LORD rejoices

to see the work begin...

        Zechariah 4. 10

(There are no small

    or insignificant endeavors,

not any ordinary days.

Let not these moments

    go to waste.

Because God brings

  the extraordinary to it

  and through it.

We have only to be faithful.

We can't do everything,

    but we can do something.

Days of small things

  bear great and eternal significance,

far more than we can imagine,

step by step by step.

What is this one thing

            I can do today?

Be faithful to Him.

Tiny seeds plant

  a forest of sequoias.)

O LORD,

Help us to not ignore

   these ordinary days.

And help us to realize

  that You are glorified

in every good endeavor.

It is in our work

     that we worship You.

May we hear You rejoice

  in all we do today.