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| I Can Sleep At Night |
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| "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might." ( Ecclesiastes 9:10 , NIV ) |
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A farmer needed a hired hand. After trying several different workers, all of whom failed to meet his standards, he began to feel desperate. When another worker applied for the job the farmer asked him, "What are your qualifications?" The man replied simply, "I can sleep at night." That didn't sound too promising, but since he was desperate the farmer hired the newcomer.
That night there was a terrific thunderstorm. The farmer awoke, ran to the hired man's room and tried to wake him but could not. "I'll take care of him in the morning," the farmer muttered as he went out into the torrential rain. He found the barn doors securely closed, the hay stack well covered and the tractor put away in the shed. There was nothing for him to do but return to the house, dry off and go back to bed. It was then that he understood why the new hired man had said, "I can sleep at night."
Emerson noted, "The reward of a job well done is to have done it." May we do our work and live our lives in such a way that we, too, "can sleep at night." |
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Our Heavenly Father, we thank You for the abilities You have given us and pray that we might always be good stewards of them as we use them for Your glory and honor. In Jesus' name. Amen. - JULE MILLER, Pasadena, Texas |
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