During a conversation with Alma, leader of the family group of 52 people I was with as driver for Pioneer Trails, this phrase became a word of encouragement, a word of instruction, and, a reminder as my mind wondered and wandered ...
Alma had inquired about my history as a driver for Pioneer Trails, a charter bus service of out Millersburg. I told her I was a very part-time driver, this was my 2nd trip of the summer, and, I had not driven at all the past three years because of my school administrative schedule other than several trips for school purposes. I had hooked up with Pioneer Trails seven years ago in an effort to pay my way through the masters degree program I was entering at Malone University. During the summer and occasional Saturday trips I earned enough to put myself through graduate school. Praise the Lord!
And , I told her, now that I am no longer a school administrator, aving just helped two of our children move, and having just “married off” our daughter, we have a “few” extra bills which do have to be paid. She smiled: yes weddings do cost money! :-)
"Every little bit helps!" she observed with her Dutchy accent. :-)
On the drive back from Cincinnati I wondered about this truism. It is tempting to only pursue and commit to the big difference makers; so, shouldn’t I just play the lottery, so to speak, and hope to win the jackpot to pay off the extra bills? Or, I’ll wait until the obvious big difference maker comes along; in the meantime missing all the “little bits.” Or, I've only had a good round of golf when my nine hole score is less than my age. :-(
NO, each day is another opportunity to make a little-bitty difference wherever we are – so we choose to get out of bed and do our little bit…
Maybe this is what Jesus is teaching ...
- when he gave value to the poor widow and her two coins (Luke 21:1-4); or,
- when he compares the Kingdom of Heaven with a mustard seed (Matthew 13:31; or,
- when he encourages faith the size of a mustard seed (Matthew 17:20-21).
Every little bit helps!
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