GOD'S WORK

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, God's work in your life is bigger than the story you'd like that life to tell. His life is bigger than your plans, goals, or fears. To save your life, you'll have to lay down your stories and, minute by minute, day by day, give your life back to him."

- Adam S. Miller, "Letters To A Young Mormon (2014), p. 17-18

JUST FOR ME

"Father, where shall I work today?"
And my love flowed warm and free.
Then He pointed out a tiny sport
And said: "Tend that for me".
I answered quickly: "Oh no, not that!
Why no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done;
Not that little place for me!"

And the word He spoke, it was not stern;
He answered me tenderly;
"Ah, little one, search that heart of thine.
Art thou working for them or for me?
Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee."

-  Meade McGuire

WHEN THE SONG OF THE ANGELS IS STILLED

When the song of the angel is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas beings:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart.

-  Howard Thurman