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You will live in joy and peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into song,
and the trees of the field will clap their hands!

Isaiah 55:12 (New Living Translation)

You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.

Isaiah 55:12 (New International Version)

So you’ll go out in joy,
you’ll be led into a whole and complete life.
The mountains and hills will lead the parade,
bursting with song.
All the trees of the forest will join the procession,
exuberant with applause.

Isaiah 55:12 (The Message)

What difference will my work make?

God’s answer: “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin” (Zech. 4:10).

Begin. Just Begin! What seems small to you might be huge to someone else. Just ask Bohn Fawkes. During World War II, he piloted a B-17. On one mission he sustained flak from Nazi antiaircraft guns. Even though his gas tanks were hit, the plane did not explode, and Fawkes was able to land the plane.

On the morning following the raid, Fawkes asked his crew chief for the German shell. He wanted to keep a souvenir of his incredible good fortune. The crew chief explained that not just one but eleven shells had been found in the gas tanks, none of which exploded.

Technicians opened the missiles and found them void of explosive charge. They were clean and harmless and with one exception, empty. The exception contained a carefully rolled piece of paper. On it a message had been scrawled in the Czech language. Translated, the note read: “This is all we can do for you now.”

A courageous assembly-line worker was disarming bombs and scribbled the note. He couldn’t end the war, but he could save one plane. He couldn’t do everything, but he could do something. So he did it.

God does big things with small deeds.

By Max Lucado

As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.

Proverbs 27:19 (New Living Translation)

As water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.

Proverbs 27:19 (New International Version)

Just as water mirrors your face,
so your face mirrors your heart.

Proverbs 27:19 (The Message)

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (New Living Translation)

Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (New International Version)

Just grab whatever you can while you can; don’t assume something better might turn up by and by. All it amounts to anyway is smoke. And spitting into the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (The Message)

At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep,
For you, God, have put my life back together.

Psalm 4:8 (The Message)

I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O LORD,
make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 4:8 (New International Version)

In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.

Psalm 4:8 (New Living Translation)