What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.

In the Lord, your labour is not in vain: what you do here in faith will stand, will last.

A voice may whisper that it was no image, but only imagination; it was a mirage, a fantasy. But as the water settles, with gentle ripples still visible where the arrows went in, the image will return. We will gaze at it once more, and know that in the Lord our labour is not in vain.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow

But Washington's long and faithful service stands in marked distinction from Jefferson's mere election. Washington actually served with great fidelity. We do not want to read anything into this other than what the facts tell us, and the facts are that George Washington's service as a vestryman is commensurate with the highest commitment to the Christianity proposed by the Anglican Church.

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”