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Small Worries

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“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”

Luke 12:25, 26 NIV

Small worries can become big distractions.

They distract you from living loved and loving fearlessly.

What are you worried about today, my friend?

Is it something that is in your hands to change or something out of your control?

If it is something within your power to change, I am asking Jesus to give you the courage to do it. To step out in faith, following His leading and do what you can do.

If it is something out of your control, something you have no power to change, I am asking Jesus to meet you in the place of your fear and give you the power to release it to Him. You may not have the power to change it but He does.

Jesus is bigger than your fear and able to provide what you need.

May a small worry be transformed into a powerful moment to release and trust in the One who holds the universe (and you) in the palm of His hand today.

A Small Touch

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“Love never gives up”.
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:4 MSG‬‬

So much can be communicated through a small touch.

A reassuring pat of the hand.

A hug.

A gentle tug on the elbow of someone who you want closer.

Holding a hand.

A small touch can make a bad thing okay, an okay thing good and make a good thing great.

Small touches are difference makers in a relationship, in a life.

They can be the first thing we unconsciously give and the first thing that we unconsciously withhold.

When we struggle, we when are angry, when we are hurt, we withhold the small touches.

It’s easy to forget how important they are to us and to those we love.

A small touch may make a difference.

What small touch do you need to give?

Who needs it?

What is holding you back from giving it and whatever that is – is it more important than the relationship?

The Sentence that Matters

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There are many things in life that are small but can make a big difference in someone’s life.

Like small sentences:

Don’t give up.

I forgive you.

I love you.

I miss you.

Pray for me.

Go for it.

You matter.

Forgive me.

Let go.

Yes.

No.

Which sentence do you need today?

Which sentence do you need to say today?

Jesus used many small powerful sentences to change people’s lives:

Follow me.

Your sins are forgiven.

Stand up and walk.

I am He.

Pray like this.

Be healed.

Which one do you need to hear today?

Sometimes, the most important things are said (and heard) in the smallest of sentences.

The sentence that matters is the sentence that is said.

Use them, receive them, say them to someone who needs to hear the truth of them today. 

 

Simple Love

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My friend, you are not here by mistake. You were created with a purpose and equipped with gifts and talents to pursue it. You are loved by the God who created you and wrapped within His amazing embrace. There are things that only you can do. There are people in your life that only you can love and touch today. There are some things that we all can do, and some things that others do better than you. But you must understand there are important things that only you  can do with your uniqueness and quirks, how you see the world, listen to it, speak to it, understand it. 

Do those things. Make them top priority.

The circle of your influence begins at your fingertips – those within your grasp today.
That doesn’t mean that your life is easy or comfortable – it means you are valuable. That you are where you are here for a reason and that reason is probably simplier than you think it is.
One of my favorite moments documented in Jesus’ life is in Marc 10:22. It is the beginning of a conversation with a young man who wanted to know “what more do I need to do”(vs 17). It says that “Jesus looked at him and loved him.”

He saw him, listened to him, looked at him and loved him right where he was. Before the man obeyed or disobeyed – Jesus loved him for who he was right at that moment regardless of the outcome of their relationship.

Jesus loves you that way. He looks at you and loves you – regardless.

There are people within your eyesight that need you to be you.

And they need you to love them the way that only you can.

Simple love is not shallow but powerful. Simple life is not small but purposeful.

Simple things done with great love make the big difference to those who God has given you. 

Simply love them.

There is nothing more powerful than this.