...and the work

of a man's hands

comes back to him.

       Proverbs 12. 14

(No matter the soil,

the weather,

the prevailing drought,

the hardness of

    hearts all around us,

no matter what.

Be faithful to God,

    even in the hard stuff.

What matters most is

     rarely acknowledged.

But God,

   but God always turns

our faithfulness

    into His fruitfulness.

Our work is never solitary,

it always impacts others,

and brings His name

and His glory

even into what the world

    considers mundane.

Because in God's economy,

nothing but nothing

        is insignificant.

Nothing too big,

nothing beneath us.

Even the smallest action,

even the hidden response,

reflects our hearts and

    our relationship with Him.)

O LORD,

Please help us to work

in faithfulness to You,

knowing that You

     bring Your fruit to it,

far beyond what we need

or can see,

far beyond even our lives.

Help us,

    even in our daily work,

to point others to You,

not just in what we do,

    but how we do it.

For Your glory,

             O LORD,

even in this.