Little Is Much
Large acts are good, or can be. Some people are destined to great acts, great feats of physical strength or mental agility and can do the seemingly impossible.
But what about those small acts? The acts that go unnoticed except by a few, perhaps even only by one or two. Do those acts matter also?
Take heart, for I believe they do matter. And not all of these ‘acts’ are of the spiritual nature.
Twenty-two years ago, I was an insurance salesman. My friend John reminded me of selling him a policy for his new-born daughter. It was a small life policy and was what we called in those days a “twenty-pay” policy, meaning John would pay for the policy for twenty years and then it would be paid in full, yet the benefits would last for the life of his daughter. In the grand scheme of things, that policy was one of the smaller ones I sold that year and yet, twenty-two years later he remembered, and wrote to thank me for giving his daughter this gift he passed on to her for her future portfolio.
A small, $10,000 life insurance policy was remembered. It was one small act. It was enough at that moment in time.
In the late 70’s and early 80’s I served as a music minister in a church in Seattle. On a particular Sunday night, I asked a small girl named Sadie to sing a solo. Years later, her father thanked me profusely for that one moment in time, for you see, Sadie died as a young teen and Loren still held that memory of her performance. It was a small thing for me to schedule her to sing on that particular night. It was a huge memory for Loren thirty- five years later.
Little is much.
Do you feel as if you have a small contribution to offer? Take heart, give it to God and allow Him to add to your gift in whatever measure He desires.
I’ve directed large choirs and orchestras. I’ve sang some great solos and duets. I’ve written nearly one-thousand blogs and produced 80 podcasts. Some are my personal favorites and, I feel, have lasting significance. However, no one remembers the greatness of those moments and creative sparks.
But they remember how some of those moments made them feel at that moment in time.
Little is much.
I’m reminded of this great quote.
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