Unshackled Moments ~ June 16 ~ It's The Little Things

God calls us in the small choices of each day. ~John Covington

This is so very true. It's so easy to think of God's calling and our service to Him as large, vague ideas. Some of us have prayed and told God that we'd do anything He wants us too, such as go to Africa, but then we miss the call of God to smile at the checkout clerk at the store who was rude or indifferent to us. Yes, sometimes God calls us in big ways to do big things for Him, but more often than not, our true service is found in a series of small acts of love throughout each and every day. God doesn't need everyone to go to Africa. There are a lot of hurting people within a few miles of our homes. God does want us to love Him and others and to choose to do so at each and every opportunity and to be faithful in the little things rather than waiting for some big calling. We do not have a limited supply of anything that it takes to share the love of God. There is no need to be sparing with it. The more we give it away, the more we have. The more quickly it is poured out on a hurting world the faster it flows. When we come to the end of our path, I believe, that even those who were called to big things will find it's the minor notes that create the harmony of the symphony of our lives. Today let us choose God's way and will over ours and love in the small ways, the small opportunities and in the now. Let us not save up for some grand event.