For the reader who cannot say what would be left of her if she stopped doing all of it, this puts God's regard where Scripture puts it, in the column marked gift rather than the column marked wages.
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Messages
Malachi 3:16
Nothing Overlooked
A Week With No Line Items
Malachi 3:16
2 Corinthians 4:16
Joy Set Ahead
A Week With No End Date
2 Corinthians 4:16
Psalm 84:10
Seen By God
The Man Who Sets Out the Chairs
Psalm 84:10
Psalm 63:6
Nothing Overlooked
The Chair That Does Not Recline
Psalm 63:6
Matthew 10:42
Seen By God
The Cup Nobody Counted
Matthew 10:42
Romans 11:6
Given Not Earned
Useful, and Nothing Else
Romans 11:6
Psalm 84:7
Joy Set Ahead
Walking Back In With Nobody Watching
Psalm 84:7
Romans 4:4
Given Not Earned
Somebody Else's Handwriting
Romans 4:4
Exodus 2:24
He Remembers
Forty Years of Suppers
Exodus 2:24
Psalm 23:6
Joy Set Ahead
She Will Not Know Me Tomorrow
Psalm 23:6
2 Timothy 2:19
He Remembers
The One Who Will Forget
2 Timothy 2:19
Proverbs 15:3
Seen By God
The Thing I Never Said at Christmas
Proverbs 15:3
Isaiah 49:16
He Remembers
The Last Person Who Knew
Isaiah 49:16
Luke 10:20
Given Not Earned
The Year Measured in Tasks
Luke 10:20
Psalm 116:12
Laid Before Him
What to Do With My Face
Psalm 116:12
Matthew 20:15
Free From Comparing
Twenty Years Against Five
Matthew 20:15
Psalm 56:8
Seen By God
Outside the Door at Two
Psalm 56:8
2 Corinthians 10:12
Free From Comparing
The Toast at the Reunion
2 Corinthians 10:12
Deuteronomy 8:18
Laid Before Him
The Gift I Did Not Earn
Deuteronomy 8:18
Psalm 116:15
He Remembers
One Line at a Funeral
Psalm 116:15
Genesis 16:13
Seen By God
The Thing That Did Not Happen
Genesis 16:13
Lamentations 3:22-23
Joy Set Ahead
The Same Monday, Again
Lamentations 3:22-23
1 Corinthians 15:58
Nothing Overlooked
The Man Who Is Still Here
1 Corinthians 15:58
Proverbs 27:21
Laid Before Him
Tested by Being Praised
Proverbs 27:21
1 Corinthians 3:7
Free From Comparing
Who Cut the Ribbon
1 Corinthians 3:7
John 3:27
Laid Before Him
The Reflex I Cannot Stop
John 3:27
Nehemiah 8:10
Joy Set Ahead
Back to the Place That Never Noticed
Nehemiah 8:10
Psalm 115:1
Laid Before Him
Thanked at a Funeral
Psalm 115:1
Isaiah 55:1
Given Not Earned
The Woman Who Could Not Receive
Isaiah 55:1
Galatians 6:9
Joy Set Ahead
Back to the Same Barn
Galatians 6:9
Psalm 102:18
He Remembers
The Last One Who Says It That Way
Psalm 102:18
Psalm 103:2
Laid Before Him
When the Room Claps
Psalm 103:2
Acts 10:4
Nothing Overlooked
Eleven Years of the Same Prayer
Acts 10:4
Colossians 3:23-24
Seen By God
Six Years, No Name on the Spine
Colossians 3:23-24
Psalm 127:2
Nothing Overlooked
Four Nights and a Thermometer
Psalm 127:2
Jeremiah 31:3
Given Not Earned
If I Stopped, Would It Stop
Jeremiah 31:3
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Free From Comparing
No Category for What I Do
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Psalm 40:17
Nothing Overlooked
Ninety Minutes Each Way
Psalm 40:17
Titus 3:5
Given Not Earned
The Monday After Friday
Titus 3:5
2 Corinthians 4:7
Laid Before Him
She Said I Made a Difference
2 Corinthians 4:7
Revelation 5:8
Seen By God
Eleven Names, Nobody Told
Revelation 5:8
Luke 15:31
Free From Comparing
The Brother Who Came for the Weekend
Luke 15:31
Job 19:25
He Remembers
The Stories With Nowhere to Go
Job 19:25
John 21:22
Free From Comparing
Nothing Here to Win
John 21:22
Psalm 139:11-12
Nothing Overlooked
The Hands That Will Not Remember
Psalm 139:11-12
Psalm 16:6
Free From Comparing
The Lines That Fell to Me
Psalm 16:6
Isaiah 40:29
Nothing Overlooked
Two Shifts and One Person
Isaiah 40:29
Psalm 37:7
Free From Comparing
The Thirty Year Wait
Psalm 37:7
1 John 4:19
Given Not Earned
Easier to Be Needed
1 John 4:19
Genesis 32:10
Laid Before Him
Thank You, But
Genesis 32:10
Ecclesiastes 1:11
He Remembers
The Field That Will Be Sold
Ecclesiastes 1:11
Luke 12:7
Nothing Overlooked
The Nine Hundredth Midnight
Luke 12:7
Isaiah 40:31
Joy Set Ahead
Back Into the Quiet House
Isaiah 40:31
Isaiah 44:21
He Remembers
A Year After I Leave
Isaiah 44:21
Isaiah 46:4
Nothing Overlooked
The Floor Beside Her Bed
Isaiah 46:4
Psalm 75:6-7
Free From Comparing
The Slide With My Work on It
Psalm 75:6-7
Psalm 103:17
He Remembers
Eight Boxes and a Life
Psalm 103:17
Romans 12:15
Free From Comparing
Her Story, Everywhere
Romans 12:15
Nehemiah 13:14
Seen By God
The Wallet and No Name
Nehemiah 13:14
Psalm 73:23
Joy Set Ahead
The Same Road, the Same Hour
Psalm 73:23
Isaiah 43:1
Seen By God
Singing to Somebody Asleep
Isaiah 43:1
Galatians 6:4
Free From Comparing
The Name They Read Out
Galatians 6:4
Job 41:11
Given Not Earned
Trying to Pay Him Back
Job 41:11
1 Samuel 16:7
Seen By God
The Fence Nobody Walks
1 Samuel 16:7
Revelation 4:10
Laid Before Him
Both Hands Full of It
Revelation 4:10
Zephaniah 3:17
Joy Set Ahead
Home, Where Nobody Says It
Zephaniah 3:17
Psalm 121:4
Nothing Overlooked
The One Who Was Awake With You
Psalm 121:4
Hebrews 12:2
Joy Set Ahead
The Joy Ahead Has A Face
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 6:10
Seen By God
The Man Who Does Not Know Your Name
Hebrews 6:10
Ruth 2:12
Nothing Overlooked
The Second Shift Nobody Bills For
Ruth 2:12
1 Chronicles 29:14
Laid Before Him
Where to Put a Kind Word
1 Chronicles 29:14
Psalm 16:11
Joy Set Ahead
Day Two Hundred
Psalm 16:11
Ephesians 2:8-9
Given Not Earned
Two Weeks With Nothing to Do
Ephesians 2:8-9
1 Corinthians 4:7
Laid Before Him
The Card I Have Not Opened
1 Corinthians 4:7
Matthew 6:34
Joy Set Ahead
Dreading It Before It Comes
Matthew 6:34
James 1:17
Laid Before Him
The Compliment I Fumbled
James 1:17
1 Samuel 2:3
Free From Comparing
She Learned It at My Table
1 Samuel 2:3
Luke 12:6
He Remembers
What My Father Did, and Nobody Knows
Luke 12:6
Psalm 139:14
Given Not Earned
Sorry for Sitting Down
Psalm 139:14
Isaiah 49:15
He Remembers
Nobody to Hold the Story
Isaiah 49:15
Romans 6:23
Given Not Earned
The Ledger in My Head
Romans 6:23
Psalm 112:6
He Remembers
The Grave Nobody Else Visits
Psalm 112:6
Mark 2:27
Given Not Earned
Rest Feels Like Stealing
Mark 2:27
Psalm 139:2-3
Seen By God
Before Anybody Turns the Lights On
Psalm 139:2-3