There is no failure for the good and wise;
What though thy seed should fall by the wayside,
And the birds snatch it?--Yet the birds are fed;
Or they may bear it far across the tide,
To give rich harvests after thou art dead."
Many people die, and see yet no harvest from their life's sowing. They
come to the end of their years, and their hands are empty. But when
they enter heaven they will find that they have really been building
there all the while, that the things that have seemed to leave no
result on the earth have left glorious results inside the gates of
pearl.
"There is no end to the sky,
And the stars are everywhere,
And time is eternity,
And the here is over there;
For the common deeds of the common day
Are ringing bells in the far away."
Then even if the work we do does not itself leave any record, the doing
of it leaves a record--an impression--on our own life. There is a word
of Scripture which says, "He that doeth the will of God abideth
forever." Doing God's will builds up enduring character in us. Every
obedience adds a new touch of beauty to the soul. Every true thing we
do in Christ's name, though it leave no mark anywhere else in God's
universe, leaves an imperishable mark on our own life. Every deed of
unselfish kindness that we perform with love for Christ in our heart,
though it bless no other soul in all the world, leaves its sure
benediction on ourselves.
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