But if you can get over yourself and stop thinking in terms of efficiency, you can honor God and love your neighbor while having faith that He will set things to right. Don’t let yourself ask, “Is this good deed making any real difference?” If it really is the right thing to do, the efficiency does not matter. Your obligation is faithfulness, not productivity or measurable results. As Paul reminded the church in Corinth, “Neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth” (1 Corinthians 3:7). Or, as Eliot said, “For us there is only the trying. The rest is
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