A Texan was visiting a friend who was a small Iowa farmer. "Is this all the land you have?" he asked. "Where I come from, I can get in my car at 6:00 a.m. and drive all day and never see the end of my land." "Is that right?" said the Iowa farmer. "I used to have a car like that too."

Big is not necessarily beautiful. Small can be beautiful. Cooperation with God is the key, whether we are in small towns or big cities; working smaller jobs or larger ones; using fewer gifts or having a ten-talent arsenal from which to draw. Cooperation with God in Christ is the key.