Sept.15.00: Light For The Day - "Prayers God Hears"

-- Colossians 3:23 (RSV) 
"Whatever your task, work heartily,
as serving the Lord and not men."

"He lam viec gi, hay het long lam,
nhu lam cho Chua, cho khong phai lam cho nguoi ta."

------------------------
"Prayers God Hears" 

The spoken, reverent words men say 
Are not the one and only way 
To worship the great God of Love 
Or send our prayers to Him above. 

Feeding cattle, growing grain 
Plowing fields for fertile rain 
All are sending prayers to God 
From one who works the earthly sod. 

The rhyming words a poet writes 
The artist's painting nature's sites 
Are offerings of silent prayer 
As they express themselves with flair. 

A scalpel in a skillful hand 
Or wires strung across the land 
The plumber who recycles waste 
God thinks of none as that abased. 

The mother's touch on fevered brow 
The kindly teacher who tells 'how' 
The maid who scrubs the dirty sink 
All talents are to make us think. 

Workers on a building site 
A flower garden, planted right 
A home, with happy atmosphere 
All treasures are, that God holds dear. 

In honest work one worships Christ. 
Each bears its mark of sacrifice. 
With more than uttered, spoken word 
The prayers of men, to God are heard. 

-- Ivie Bozeman

---------------------
-- Ephesians 6:7 (RSV)
"Rendering service with a good will
as to the Lord and not to men,."

-