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Saying Yes to Small Luke 13: 18-21 Lectio Divina

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I walked past the chip aisle to reach for my triscuit box and saw her, an early-store-stocker, sitting on the floor with small plastic Pringles containers sliding on top of her. She looked up at me exasperated, “I just can’t get these annoying little packages to stay. Every ten minutes they fall and I’m rearranging them and begging them to stay until the next person reaches for their favorite flavor.”  My eyes twinkled, “Sounds like my life,” I laughed. She shot me a questioning look. “I just feel like I do the same inane things over and over.” She nodded and made one of those sounds women give to each other, “Uh-huh,” the universal: “I hear you girl.”

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But friend, I see you.

I see you wondering if your small matters.

I see you taking laps around the grocery store with your handwritten list.

I see you with your Monday morning ministry hangover wondering if your Sunday sermon stuck.

I see you writing words again in the early morning and daring to push publish while its still dark.

I see you sliding into bed wondering if your small acts of faithfulness matter.

I see you friend, and your small, ordinary, courageous acts of love.

Here’s the truth that I’m leaning into as I go about my dizzying array of the very small: small can be extraordinarily lavish. “Do small things with great love,” Mother Teresa taught.

And then Jesus showed us how to open our arms just that wide.

 

What small things with great love are you doing today?

 

Anglican priest, spiritual director, homeschool mom of three and still in love with my high school sweetheart. I love listening to your hard and holy stories and setting the table for you to spend time in the Presence of God. My mission? Giving you tools to go from anxious to resting in God.

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  1. Today I have the privilege of packing boxes for Operation Christmas Child, sponsored by Samaritans Purse. Knowing a small box of thoughtful items packed with love from someone who has to someone who doesn’t have makes me smile-

  2. A lady, sitting on a bench beside a stroller outside Target today, asked me for money. She said she was living with her sister but she needed help. I told her I didn’t have any money to give her but that I would like to pray for her and for her baby. I asked the Lord to meet her needs, heal her and give her hope for the future. It’s small but big all at the same time.

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