"And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny." - Mark 12:42 (RSV)
Ya know, sometimes ya just get the blahs. For whatever reason, ya just don't have that bounce in your step. And I have a hunch about that; ya know, why ya get the blahs and all.
I think the reason people get the blahs and lose that bounce in their step is because of the little things. Aaaaaall those little things that have to get done each and every day. Ya gotta, get it on up. Make the bed. Get yourself together, which includes a bundle of little things. Get a bite to eat. Rush out the door. Deal with traffic. And all that's just to get to the start of the million little things at work that you've got going on. And that's a short list if you have kids or aging parents to serve and get going too!
The little things. The myriad of endless little things.
They have the power to knock the wind out of your sails, take the bounce out of your step, and fill your spirit with the blahs.
But they also have the power to change the world.
Yep, it was a little thing, so little that nobody in the world noticed, except for Jesus. Nobody noticed except the Son of the Living God. But so impressed was Jesus by that itsy bitsy little thing that he used it to teach us a majorly big lesson.
About trusting God. About true faith. About finding peace and security in God instead of possessions. About sharing with the poor. About seeing yourself as rich because of God's love instead of less than rich because you still don't have enough stuff.
Jesus taught a big ol giant lesson about all that and more from a little thing. A thing so little that it was worth a penny to the world, a penny that today we don't even stoop down to pick up because it's so worthless.
But to Jesus, well, to Jesus that little worthless penny was worth a big ol praise from God. A pat on the back from THE MASTER of the GREAT BIG GIANT UNIVERSE!!!
So...
The next time you're feeling a little blahsy and the bounce is missin from your step, stop! Just stop and take account of the source. It's probably those little things. A million little things that ya gotta do to get through your day.
And then...
You can take a moment and look again. And see those million little things differently. Like an old widow long ago. Who seized a little thing as an opportunity.
To please the Lord.
And change the world.
It's all in how you choose to see it.
"And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny." - Mark 12:42
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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