This is suppose to be a new paragraph. Right on to what Alan was saying about not just "being". Robert and I were talking about something similar about a week ago, how strange. We were asking ourselves what we were "doing" for God, other than preparing ourselves acedemically for the future as God has called us to do and "hanging out". I think we (Robert and I) spend way too much time thinking of what grand ordeal God wants us to do instead of spending that time doing little things that make a big difference. Something as simple as taking our adorable little dog to a children's hospital or a nursing home and visiting with people, God's children, our brothers and sisters in Christ. What would that take? Maybe two phone calls and an hour or two of time? Nothing compared to the joy that would come from it, not only for the visitees (is that a word?) but also for Robert and me (and our dog!). I have found that when you do something for the glory of God, no matter how reluctant you are, you are always blessed by it in some unexpected way. Not that anyone doesn't want to do these things but, you know, there is always something else that needs to be done. Somthing that has already waited a week or two and could wait another day, like organizing my closet or wiping out my cupboards. No, I don't do these things, they are just examples! Anyway, my point is that we can do little things all the time instead of waiting for a big sign from God to carry out some huge plan. Not that the big things aren't good but I think that God wants us to do what we can "right now" as well. Many of us are doing small things daily that we may be unaware of, smiling every morning at my neighbor watering her flowers as I go out the door to work, letting the person with two items in his hand in front of me and my cart of gorceries in the checkout line at the grocery store, these may seem meaningless, but people do notice and are touched by these small acts. We can almost always be doing more though. The small daily acts are just a start to other acts of kindness. I think that Robert and I should set a goal of how often we are going to do something (like take our dog to visit) on top of the daily acts that come almost naturally.

Well, there it is. Hopefully it was not a waste of your time to read. Later.

| posted by Molly | 11:26 AM | |