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But he said to me, �My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.� Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ�s power may rest on me."

I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. "

Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?"

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, �Lord, don�t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!� �Martha, Martha,� the Lord answered, �you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.�"

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat�for he grants sleep to those he loves."