The Simple Things

While seeking today I kept stumbling across one reoccurring theme. It seemed to keep cropping up in my path even though I would set it aside ever time. I mean, this is dangerous stuff; you don't want that just lying around. (Or is it laying? I have a tough time with that one.) The point is, I tripped over it a lot today. And the Bible warns against stumbling blocks, you know.

Anyway... At the end of the day (all be it too late) I decided to pay attention to it. And by decided I mean: I was forced to pay attention to it. As it turns out, it was the very thing I had been seeking.

The word for the day (it seems) was sacrifice.

Sacrifice in the simple things (for now anyway). I'm not talking about martyrdom or anything. (Though C. S. Lewis has some interesting thoughts on that subject.) Sacrifice in the things like do I do what I want or what she wants? Do I do what is easiest for me or best for him? What is the thing I want to do least tonight... I'll bet that's the right thing to do. You know.

These are simple things. But they're things. These are baby steps, bu they're steps. These are things we know and say to do but (I at least) less often do. These are little things, but they're kingdom things. I like the simple things. After all, to dream big think small.