Sunday, January 19, 2014

"God's Pay" & "Father, Where Shall I Work Today?"

Greetings again to all poetry lovers!  I have just returned from my two-year mission for my Savior, and thought that I would once again post here.
I have had little time over the past two years to write (though I will be posting a poem or two from that period in the near future), but thought I would post two inspirational poems that I found.
The first speaks of how God rewards those who do His work, the second, how we should react when called to that work, no matter what the task or location may be.  I hope that you enjoy them!

Who does God's work will get God's pay,
No matter how long may seem the day,No matter how weary be the way;He does not pay as others payWith silk and gold and raiments gay,But his high wisdom knows a wayAnd this is sure, that come what may,Who does God's work will get God's pay.
~Author Unknown

“Father, where shall I work today?”
And my love flowed warm and free.
Then he pointed out a tiny spot
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; …
“Art thou working for them or for me?
Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee.”
 
~Meade MacGuire