The common tasks are beautiful if we
Have eyes to see their shining ministry.
The ploughman with his share deep in the loam;
The carpenter whose skilled hands build a home;
The gardener working with reluctant sod,
Faithful to his partnership with God-
These are the artisans of life. And, oh,
A woman with her eyes and cheeks aglore,
Watching a kettle, tending a scarlet flame,
Guarding a little child-there is no name
For this great ministry. But eyes are dull
That do not see that it is beautiful;
That do not see within the common tasks
The simple answer to the thing God asks
Of any child, a pride within His breast:
That at our given work we do our best.
(Grace Noll Crowell)
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