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;
    He answered me tenderly:
“Ah, little one, search that heart of thine.
    Art thou working for them or for me?
Nazareth was a little place,
    And so was Galilee.”


– Meade McGuire

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