I'm convinced that God is trying to teach me how important even the little things are to Him. It feels as if half the time I think God doesn't notice the things I do, and the other half of the time I believe the world and God's plans revolve completely around me.
It took watching a couple videos of Louie Giglio speaking during Chris Tomlin's How Great is our God tour, to show me exactly how small I am in God's spectrum. Here's a link to the first part of one of the videos on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCIyBxPBJXw.
But on the other hand, even though God is enormous and has created an incredible, vast universe for us, it's important to remember that He does see each one of us and keeps an eye on every little thing happening to us. I was reminded of that this morning...
We decided that today would be a good day to go pick blueberries and blackberries at a farm out in VA Beach. It's a bit of a drive from our house, about an hour, so when we got out there and realized that this place is closed on Thursdays, we were more than a little disappointed. However, we had seen a sign for another farm a little way down the road, so we decided to check it out. We weren't thrilled with what we saw. All of the plants in view seemed like they were definitely "in retirement" and when we asked the person in charge what the deal was, he said that there were blackberries, but that they were not plentiful at all. We went to see the bushes anyway, hoping to gather a few. When we reached the blackberry portion of the farm, we found the bushes absolutely covered with plump, juicy berries.
God does care. Even about the little things. And if He cares that much about giving us small joys like blackberries to pick, how much more must He care about the big things in life?
We serve a great God. But in His greatness, He chooses to stoop to earth in order to give us pleasures, both big and small. So today I choose to thank God for the little things.
~Hannah Grace
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