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Does God Care About the Small Things?
Do you ever wonder if God cares about the small things? Is His perspective like ours? In today’s culture of mega cities, mega churches, and mega stores, we often equate size with importance. ‘Smaller’ suggests insignificance, maybe even worthlessness. After all, bigger is better. Or is it? A few days ago, I played in the backyard with the newest member of our family, a two-year-old lab. Axel finally decided to plop down and roll in the grass. As I knelt beside him, I spotted tiny flowers growing between blades of grass. Did I mention they were tiny? Maybe the size of a tomato seed before opening and an apple seed…
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Pebbles, Problems, Pearls, and Perseverance
What do pebbles, problems, pearls, and perseverance have in common? Okay, the p alliteration, but what else? I thought about this question as I hobbled along with a small rock in my tennis shoe. In case you’re wondering why I didn’t take off my shoe and get the pebble out, the seventy-nine pound lab at the end of the leash I held was not interested in stopping. My discomfort brought oysters and pearls to mind. I’d always believed pearls were formed from the irritation of a grain of sand, but according to research, parasites or other organic materials are the more likely culprits. Interestingly, like the pebble in my shoe…
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Temporal or Eternal?
Temporal or eternal? I was thinking about this subject awhile back. No, I wasn’t reading a theological treatise. Instead, I was attempting to clean the floors with a cat and two dogs in the house. I always started the process when the crowd napped in the bedroom. They’d snooze through the sweeping and snore through the vacuuming. But the instant I finished mopping, the circus came to town. “What’cha doing, Mom?” “Hi, Mom, just getting a snack.” “Hey, Mom, I need to go out.” Back and forth, back and forth, until paw prints covered the wet floor. The satisfaction I felt at the completion of a task evaporated in a…
Faith for the Adventure
