Work

A mid-west farm had fallen into disrepair after the last of the Browns had died, leaving it to the starlings and weeds.  Then, Tom Austin bought it and through months of back-breaking work, transformed it into a place of beauty.  The barn roof was repaired, the house was refurbished, fences mended, outbuildings painted, the weeds mowed and the fields pregnant with maturing wheat and corn.

One day, the minister came along and, with one foot on the fence, observed, "God and you have sure made a big change in the place, Tom."

Tom said he was certainly grateful to God for His goodness.  Then he added drily, "But you should have seen this place when He was running it by Himself."

Humor aside, God doesn't do for us what we should do ourselves.  Furthermore, we wouldn't want it any other way.  Satisfaction from a job well done is one of life's richest blessings.  There is truth in the statement that God feeds the birds, but He doesn't throw the food in their nests.