Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Matthew 10:42 (NIV) And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.
John 12:3 (NIV) Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Perhaps what we are called to do may not seem like much. But consider what one scientist has called "the butterfly effect": even a butterfly moving its wings has an effect on galaxies thousands of light-years away. —Madeleine L'Engle
A Stone for a Pillow. Christianity Today, Vol. 32, no. 9. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "SERVICE".
