Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things.

As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.

The word of God is that unto our souls, which our soul is unto our body.

The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.