I just wanted to say that I'm starting my 2nd year at the job I'm at now. Nothing big but something strange did happen yesterday. My co-worker said, "I went home and thought last night about how we are making it through and it must take some very spiecal people to do this." We are short handed at our job for now. I was thinking, "It was and is God's grace and strength and love that gets me through everyday here. It's what got me through a year here." I just found that so rewarding after a year that someone would say that it takes speical people to do our job and it does. I've been told over and over for 8 years that it takes someone speical and with enough patience to work with preschool aged children. That was enough encouragement me to get more through another year! :) Plus the encouragement I got from my small church group this past Sunday about how I was doing something important and how they would like to have my job. I'm in the right place for right now and I'm lovin' it! Here is to another full year!
Sorry I'm writing almost like everyday now just a lot is happening and a lot on my mind too. Writing it out really does help and what I write are things I want to remember later on. They are sweet moments at work or what I'm learning most of the time.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Yes is my Favorite Word
I love my kiddos at work and are there for them no matter how hard work gets through the years. I say that because it is something I have to remind myself everyday and today is my one year anniversy that I have been at my "new" job. It was funny because I learned an important life lesson from one of my kiddos yesterday and it seemed to be at the right time. Don't you love when God does that?
The lesson was, summed up in one sentence, "When you say yes in life you will have a positive outlook on it because if you say no then you will be sad all the time." Mind you. This is from a 5 year old little boy that has been in foster care. Here is the whole story/convo. I had with him yesterday and how that saying came about:
I asked him, "Is it okay if you drink out of a sippy cup just for tonight at supper?" The little boy said, "Yes, I will be happy with everything you guys give me. I will keep saying yes because it is my favorite word." I said, "Well, I'm glad it is not "no" because that is the favorite word of most kids his age. The little boy said back, "If it was no then I would be sad."
Sometimes it makes me think about how negitive we can be in our own lives. How many times have we said no to God because it is hard or not what we want but yet it is what God wants to give to us to make our lives easier but we just can't see it now. Going through something that is hard but in the end you will be thankful for what you do have and whatever you get because you know God is always on your side. We are humans and as humans we tend to think negtive about ourselves and others at times but we shouldn't be that way. We should look to God and see the good and positive things that can come out of every moment even hard moments.
This saying also taught be to be thankful for everything even if it is something as little as a sippy cup because we could be drinking out of a fountain or worse yet a pond. I know as an adult yes can be a bad word too because when you say yes to everything as an adult you get way too busy to make time for things so it can be used both ways. I know I should be saying yes to God more often then I am and if I did then in a way I would be happy more. The words "yes" and "no" can have such impact on how we live our lives and what we do with it. It is the simple things that have the most impact. We just need to find out who to say "no" to and who to say "yes" to. "No" to humans and our flesh and "Yes" to God and His Plans for us! That could be something important to remember too.
The lesson was, summed up in one sentence, "When you say yes in life you will have a positive outlook on it because if you say no then you will be sad all the time." Mind you. This is from a 5 year old little boy that has been in foster care. Here is the whole story/convo. I had with him yesterday and how that saying came about:
I asked him, "Is it okay if you drink out of a sippy cup just for tonight at supper?" The little boy said, "Yes, I will be happy with everything you guys give me. I will keep saying yes because it is my favorite word." I said, "Well, I'm glad it is not "no" because that is the favorite word of most kids his age. The little boy said back, "If it was no then I would be sad."
Sometimes it makes me think about how negitive we can be in our own lives. How many times have we said no to God because it is hard or not what we want but yet it is what God wants to give to us to make our lives easier but we just can't see it now. Going through something that is hard but in the end you will be thankful for what you do have and whatever you get because you know God is always on your side. We are humans and as humans we tend to think negtive about ourselves and others at times but we shouldn't be that way. We should look to God and see the good and positive things that can come out of every moment even hard moments.
This saying also taught be to be thankful for everything even if it is something as little as a sippy cup because we could be drinking out of a fountain or worse yet a pond. I know as an adult yes can be a bad word too because when you say yes to everything as an adult you get way too busy to make time for things so it can be used both ways. I know I should be saying yes to God more often then I am and if I did then in a way I would be happy more. The words "yes" and "no" can have such impact on how we live our lives and what we do with it. It is the simple things that have the most impact. We just need to find out who to say "no" to and who to say "yes" to. "No" to humans and our flesh and "Yes" to God and His Plans for us! That could be something important to remember too.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Our Loving Father in Heaven
"When children go back to their parents that do not watch over them at all and doesn't even care for them most of the time, what does that say about adults when we won't go to a Loving Father and trust Him with everything when He is the Perfect and Holy One."-Tiffney Wilson
I came up with this thought when I was praying. God seems to put those right children and moments in my life when I need them the most and He has a way of getting me to take those children's moments and turning them into a Godly lesson for my life like He did with this one last night. I was putting my little girls to bed when one of them started to talk about her mommy and how she missed her.
It was hard at first because I was putting the other little girl to sleep because she is one where if you leave her side she will sit straight up and not go to sleep. When the little girl I was sitting by was almost asleep or at least calmed down I went to get the other girl and rocked her. While I was rocking her, she was saying things like "my daddy locked my mommy out of the house, I slept in the same bed with my mommy, and I miss my mommy." I thought nothing of the meaning behind it for me last night but I rocked her and told her "she was beautiful, she is safe, and that I love her."
It wasn't until this morning during my prayer time that God knocked on the door of my heart with the moment. I felt like He was saying, "Don't you feel like that little girl did last night sometimes? All alone and scared. Feel like no one wants you or likes you for you." Strangely enough, I answered, "Yes." Then thought, if that little girl or any of the children could go back to their parents that have messed up with them or hurt them in anyway they would go right back because that is all they know and love deeply. They don't understand why the hurting is going on all they know is the people and for some reason they love me and this is how they show their love, sadly enough.
If the children I work with can go back to their parents like that, then what is stopping us, as Christians, going to our Perfect, Loving, Holy Father that would never hurt us but yet sent His own Son to die for us so we would be saved from the pain of sin. If the children have that much trust in their parents not to do it again, then we should have more Trust in our Heavenly Father that He knows what is best for us and will show us the way and will provide that way. A lot of times we put God in a box and I first heard this in college in our church basement, and only let God out when needed. He is our Father all the time and all the time He is good. We should be running to Him for help because we can be sure we will get it. We should be able to trust that He will provide because He will. Unlike my children's parents, some of them try but others don't care.
Lesson here: We should be like the little children and run to our Father when we are scared or feel lonely, confuse, or unwanted because the truth is that we are Loved more then we could ever think of. Even though, things might not make sense now and they seem like a mess, our Father knows what is best for us and does care for us.
I came up with this thought when I was praying. God seems to put those right children and moments in my life when I need them the most and He has a way of getting me to take those children's moments and turning them into a Godly lesson for my life like He did with this one last night. I was putting my little girls to bed when one of them started to talk about her mommy and how she missed her.
It was hard at first because I was putting the other little girl to sleep because she is one where if you leave her side she will sit straight up and not go to sleep. When the little girl I was sitting by was almost asleep or at least calmed down I went to get the other girl and rocked her. While I was rocking her, she was saying things like "my daddy locked my mommy out of the house, I slept in the same bed with my mommy, and I miss my mommy." I thought nothing of the meaning behind it for me last night but I rocked her and told her "she was beautiful, she is safe, and that I love her."
It wasn't until this morning during my prayer time that God knocked on the door of my heart with the moment. I felt like He was saying, "Don't you feel like that little girl did last night sometimes? All alone and scared. Feel like no one wants you or likes you for you." Strangely enough, I answered, "Yes." Then thought, if that little girl or any of the children could go back to their parents that have messed up with them or hurt them in anyway they would go right back because that is all they know and love deeply. They don't understand why the hurting is going on all they know is the people and for some reason they love me and this is how they show their love, sadly enough.
If the children I work with can go back to their parents like that, then what is stopping us, as Christians, going to our Perfect, Loving, Holy Father that would never hurt us but yet sent His own Son to die for us so we would be saved from the pain of sin. If the children have that much trust in their parents not to do it again, then we should have more Trust in our Heavenly Father that He knows what is best for us and will show us the way and will provide that way. A lot of times we put God in a box and I first heard this in college in our church basement, and only let God out when needed. He is our Father all the time and all the time He is good. We should be running to Him for help because we can be sure we will get it. We should be able to trust that He will provide because He will. Unlike my children's parents, some of them try but others don't care.
Lesson here: We should be like the little children and run to our Father when we are scared or feel lonely, confuse, or unwanted because the truth is that we are Loved more then we could ever think of. Even though, things might not make sense now and they seem like a mess, our Father knows what is best for us and does care for us.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Failure vs. Learning
This week has fit my blog title well and so have my experiences strangely enough. It's been a hard time for me at work and in my personal life this week. Get those two things together and nothing goes right. That's how I felt this week. I felt like I failed a lot more then one time. I was the only one in preschool working and after day one being by myself. I felt like I was doing every little thing wrong. I would fill something out wrong or forget to do something and so on but never once would I get a thanks for working during this hard time. I know I don't do my work for man but it would be nice every once in awhile espically when it is really hard.
If those two days weren't enough to make me feel like a failure, let's add another situation in to where I'm suppose to feel safe and smart and actully thought I was going to have a reasonable day into the week. If I didn't feel like much of a failure after working two days by myself, let's add a situation in where I've failed at least 5 times and put that on top of the 3 times I've failed this week as a reminder of you are a failure. This all is how I felt when I got home last night but talking to some of my friends have helped a lot. I stayed up late talking to one of my friends last night and then I talked to one this morning and she really helped me see the situation I am right now in a whole new way.
As most of you know, my heart is for children, as has been and always will be. I learned best from children because they are who I am around most of the time. Children are great teachers because they are not scared of anything or to say anything. They will tell you like it is and act like it is. My friend pointed out to me that I'm not a failure but a learner. I'm just learning things slowly and in a different way then other people. With children, they learn different ways too whether visual, them talking to you, or physical they learn different ways. For me, I am a visual learner most of the time espically in school. I think through life though I might be the person that you just have to tell it like it is face to face whether it will hurt me or not.
I do get a lot out of people's actions and I know when something is up when they are acting differently around me. If you want me to really understand who you are and why you are doing what you are doing, then you need to tell me face to face because I'm also the kind of person that tends to think more then she should about everything. I daydream a lot. Always have and again always will. I'm being a learner in life right now and you never stop learning new things in life because once you get one thing fiurgred out then you have another thing to deal with it seems like. I'm learning who I am though my children at work, family, and my older friends.
One lesson I'm learning right now espically though the children I work with is that we all want to feel like we are loved and wanted. For us, Christians, we are loved and wanted by Christ and there is no better person to be loved and wanted by. As those little children look up to me every time they fail at something or learning something new about life, that life can be great, I'm learning that Christ loves and wants me just like those children want me. Why do I strive for earthly love and want when I have the best two loves there are on this earth-Christ and children? Who could ask for more then that? I'm blessed in so many ways and I lost track of that this past week espically yesterday when everything went out of wrack. It is a hard thing to remember on my part but I need to try and remember it. We all do if we have Christ as our Savior.
We all learn different ways and at different times. None of us are failures. God just has a different road for us to go down then the person beside us. God has a time table for each of us, to make us beautiful, and in ways if it is meant to bring people in and out of your lives then all you can do is thank them for being there when they were and thank God for putting them there at the hardest of times, the easiest of times, both, or all.
If those two days weren't enough to make me feel like a failure, let's add another situation in to where I'm suppose to feel safe and smart and actully thought I was going to have a reasonable day into the week. If I didn't feel like much of a failure after working two days by myself, let's add a situation in where I've failed at least 5 times and put that on top of the 3 times I've failed this week as a reminder of you are a failure. This all is how I felt when I got home last night but talking to some of my friends have helped a lot. I stayed up late talking to one of my friends last night and then I talked to one this morning and she really helped me see the situation I am right now in a whole new way.
As most of you know, my heart is for children, as has been and always will be. I learned best from children because they are who I am around most of the time. Children are great teachers because they are not scared of anything or to say anything. They will tell you like it is and act like it is. My friend pointed out to me that I'm not a failure but a learner. I'm just learning things slowly and in a different way then other people. With children, they learn different ways too whether visual, them talking to you, or physical they learn different ways. For me, I am a visual learner most of the time espically in school. I think through life though I might be the person that you just have to tell it like it is face to face whether it will hurt me or not.
I do get a lot out of people's actions and I know when something is up when they are acting differently around me. If you want me to really understand who you are and why you are doing what you are doing, then you need to tell me face to face because I'm also the kind of person that tends to think more then she should about everything. I daydream a lot. Always have and again always will. I'm being a learner in life right now and you never stop learning new things in life because once you get one thing fiurgred out then you have another thing to deal with it seems like. I'm learning who I am though my children at work, family, and my older friends.
One lesson I'm learning right now espically though the children I work with is that we all want to feel like we are loved and wanted. For us, Christians, we are loved and wanted by Christ and there is no better person to be loved and wanted by. As those little children look up to me every time they fail at something or learning something new about life, that life can be great, I'm learning that Christ loves and wants me just like those children want me. Why do I strive for earthly love and want when I have the best two loves there are on this earth-Christ and children? Who could ask for more then that? I'm blessed in so many ways and I lost track of that this past week espically yesterday when everything went out of wrack. It is a hard thing to remember on my part but I need to try and remember it. We all do if we have Christ as our Savior.
We all learn different ways and at different times. None of us are failures. God just has a different road for us to go down then the person beside us. God has a time table for each of us, to make us beautiful, and in ways if it is meant to bring people in and out of your lives then all you can do is thank them for being there when they were and thank God for putting them there at the hardest of times, the easiest of times, both, or all.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Being "Just" the Helper
I have the personality of a "Helper". What is that, you might ask. It is where a person likes to be behind the leader or other people. I see that more clearly at work now this week then I ever have. I guess because in a way I am by myself and seeing how much I have to remember and do by myself. I've always work with someone or been an assistant to someone. I feel bad that I have that kind of personality but in a way it is a good thing to have.
I keep reminding myself when I get really down about who I am that someday I will be glad that I'm just the Helper and more importantly that God made us, women, that way to start with. I'm not saying that a woman should get stepped on all over. I'm seeing more and more that for me, personally, I'm a Helper and like it that way. I don't like to come up with ideas all the time or handle things espically big things all the time. I'm not that person at all. Maybe it's because I don't have the confidence right now and the more I grow the more I will get that way. I don't know but I know for now I'm not.
I'm not saying that I would let my husband step all over me either. I can get pretty stubborn when the time calls for it. I can hold my ground believe me and I think I would do better with people I know like my own family. I'm just scared to hold my ground at any job because I'm scared it comes out mean and/or bossy at times espically when I am very busy. I just think I can see a fine line between being a woman leader and being the "Helper" like we were made to be by our husband's side. I want to be the one that just cares and nutures the children and have fun with them like a mother is suppose to do. That's her job.
I want to be that stay at home mom. It is a busy job but at the same time it can be a fun one. You get to bake, plan events, do crafts, and play with the children. I so have the right degree for me even though you really don't need a degree to do that job. :) I know I keep going back and forth on this big dream and then back to this little dream but it's true. I know my heart's desire is to be that mom to some children. I'm not quite sure how just yet whether my own children's home but then I would get no time with the children or my own family. I need to firgure out a way to do both. I need to just run my own home. Just go for it and forget about what other people think or I will get nowhere in life.
I need to stop making up ideas and stick with one. I think the problem is though that I would want to stay at home with them and when you foster by yourself that is impossible to do because the state looks to see if you have a stable job to provide for them. I don't think I can do both. I have a one track mind and that mind would be on the children back home and not on work. I know I need to do more research and work for it because you need to work for a mircale to happen or let God work through you but until you get down to business yourself the Spirit can't work though you. It is like you have to start the work and God will finish it.
It is just like I'm seeing who God made me to be and He is making me in His Image but yet I'm all alone or so I feel like that. I honestly keep thinking where is my future husband like any normal girl in their 20s do but I know too that God has a lot to show me still. I also keep thinking I'm perfect for some guy out there, the perfect (well, ok not perfect because we all mess up) home wife, and maybe I am but one: God doesn't want to give me up yet and two: I just haven't found the right one yet. You get my idea espically if you are a women. :) I'm the "helper" for God right now and right now that is all that should matter. God should be my 1st man and my eyes should be looking into His Eyes and He will be my Leader and me His Helper.
I keep reminding myself when I get really down about who I am that someday I will be glad that I'm just the Helper and more importantly that God made us, women, that way to start with. I'm not saying that a woman should get stepped on all over. I'm seeing more and more that for me, personally, I'm a Helper and like it that way. I don't like to come up with ideas all the time or handle things espically big things all the time. I'm not that person at all. Maybe it's because I don't have the confidence right now and the more I grow the more I will get that way. I don't know but I know for now I'm not.
I'm not saying that I would let my husband step all over me either. I can get pretty stubborn when the time calls for it. I can hold my ground believe me and I think I would do better with people I know like my own family. I'm just scared to hold my ground at any job because I'm scared it comes out mean and/or bossy at times espically when I am very busy. I just think I can see a fine line between being a woman leader and being the "Helper" like we were made to be by our husband's side. I want to be the one that just cares and nutures the children and have fun with them like a mother is suppose to do. That's her job.
I want to be that stay at home mom. It is a busy job but at the same time it can be a fun one. You get to bake, plan events, do crafts, and play with the children. I so have the right degree for me even though you really don't need a degree to do that job. :) I know I keep going back and forth on this big dream and then back to this little dream but it's true. I know my heart's desire is to be that mom to some children. I'm not quite sure how just yet whether my own children's home but then I would get no time with the children or my own family. I need to firgure out a way to do both. I need to just run my own home. Just go for it and forget about what other people think or I will get nowhere in life.
I need to stop making up ideas and stick with one. I think the problem is though that I would want to stay at home with them and when you foster by yourself that is impossible to do because the state looks to see if you have a stable job to provide for them. I don't think I can do both. I have a one track mind and that mind would be on the children back home and not on work. I know I need to do more research and work for it because you need to work for a mircale to happen or let God work through you but until you get down to business yourself the Spirit can't work though you. It is like you have to start the work and God will finish it.
It is just like I'm seeing who God made me to be and He is making me in His Image but yet I'm all alone or so I feel like that. I honestly keep thinking where is my future husband like any normal girl in their 20s do but I know too that God has a lot to show me still. I also keep thinking I'm perfect for some guy out there, the perfect (well, ok not perfect because we all mess up) home wife, and maybe I am but one: God doesn't want to give me up yet and two: I just haven't found the right one yet. You get my idea espically if you are a women. :) I'm the "helper" for God right now and right now that is all that should matter. God should be my 1st man and my eyes should be looking into His Eyes and He will be my Leader and me His Helper.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Perfect Landscape for my Dream
I have been thinking about my dream a lot lately and the kind of landscape that I want for it and the buildings I want on that landscape. I never have put that kind of thought into until I noticed I was driving past it on the way to work and from work on the way home when it was snowing. Funny how God brings things to your attention when you don't think about it or put two and two together.
I have always wanted something out in the country whether it is my house or business. I'm half country girl and I intend to stay that way and give children the same experience that I had as a child in the country because it is unforgettable. Of course, I had great people to copy too. :) The landscape is in the country with some land. Maybe 6-11 acres? I've always wanted to start a preschool or daycare of my own too. So maybe a preschool school building or any school building for that matter? Then, of course, you have to have a house for you and the children or family you live with. Then, if possible, have 3 small buildings for something else.
Another thing that I always dreamed about doing is redoing my own house. It's ok if it needs to be redone. Yes, it will cost more money but it will be fun doing it in the process if it isn't that bad to start out with. I could live in the house for a year or 2 and get everything nice before I start my business. I mean I have a degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with Child Development. This dream would fit me perfectly.
What I don't like about that dream is how much it would cost me. Why does money always have to get in the way? I know I could write grants and get them from people and I know people that can write them in my family and my friends. Most of them do write grants or did. That seems like it would take forever though and you have to know the right people and research the right people to get the grants from. See who cares about your dream and your mission. Money is the only thing really stopping me right now. I just need to found out a way to get the money that I need to buy this land when I find it. Another thing I don't want is for that place to be right by a road or a highway because with children that can be scary.
Don't know what I would do if I would find one by the road and that costs a lot of money. If it is meant to be, God will firgure out a way if I keep talking to Him about it. I don't usually ask for prayer at all on my enteries but if you are a friend reading this or just some person who believes in and likes to pray please pray for me and for this to happen.
I have always wanted something out in the country whether it is my house or business. I'm half country girl and I intend to stay that way and give children the same experience that I had as a child in the country because it is unforgettable. Of course, I had great people to copy too. :) The landscape is in the country with some land. Maybe 6-11 acres? I've always wanted to start a preschool or daycare of my own too. So maybe a preschool school building or any school building for that matter? Then, of course, you have to have a house for you and the children or family you live with. Then, if possible, have 3 small buildings for something else.
Another thing that I always dreamed about doing is redoing my own house. It's ok if it needs to be redone. Yes, it will cost more money but it will be fun doing it in the process if it isn't that bad to start out with. I could live in the house for a year or 2 and get everything nice before I start my business. I mean I have a degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with Child Development. This dream would fit me perfectly.
What I don't like about that dream is how much it would cost me. Why does money always have to get in the way? I know I could write grants and get them from people and I know people that can write them in my family and my friends. Most of them do write grants or did. That seems like it would take forever though and you have to know the right people and research the right people to get the grants from. See who cares about your dream and your mission. Money is the only thing really stopping me right now. I just need to found out a way to get the money that I need to buy this land when I find it. Another thing I don't want is for that place to be right by a road or a highway because with children that can be scary.
Don't know what I would do if I would find one by the road and that costs a lot of money. If it is meant to be, God will firgure out a way if I keep talking to Him about it. I don't usually ask for prayer at all on my enteries but if you are a friend reading this or just some person who believes in and likes to pray please pray for me and for this to happen.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Food plots-Mark 4:1-34
I'm not going to write the verses out because there are 34 of them and this would make a really long entery so I'm just going to say it in my own words and then what it means to me. If you would like to look it up you can.
These are the chapters that Jesus uses to teach so they are stories and illustrations. Most of us, if we grew up in a Christian home, have heard these stories over and over and we know what they mean but I was studying them this week and got a new point of view on them. These are the stories of the farmer scattering the seeds, illustration of the growing seed, and the illustration of the mustard seed. I found these stories to be interesting as I thought about the fields which the seeds were in and how they grew. To me, the 3 different seeds that the farmer planted, means that we have to have good grounds with the people we are trying to reach or nothing will happen.
When I was really reading these stories a food plot came to mind along with all the other kinds of fields that a farmer can plant. Everything starts small like a seed but then it grows. It can grow into a food plot and then a great big field. That seed that you or the Lord started might start out small but it will turn into something big for Him if people take care of it. Give it encouragement and the things it needs. In a food plot you could be limited to how many seeds you can plant or people you can reach. You are trying to get people in that food plot so you can teach them about God's Words and then you can release them out into the world. I'm thinking along the lines of food plots for deer. Not quite the same but do you see the comparison I'm trying to make.
The illustration of the mustard see does just this. Whatever you start out doing don't give up because it can become big. It takes that one mustard seed in a little food plot to make a big field. In time, though, it will keep growing wiser and older causing it to move on to different things and places but yet it still has that power.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like that as well as the plans God has for our lives. We might not see everything at once but bit by bit we do. If we do the small things well that He gives us to do then He will give us bigger and better things to do with Him. We are working towards the Kingdom of Heaven, therefore, things should only get better for us because we know that no matter what we are going through God is right beside us and the bigger picture is Heaven at the end.
These are the chapters that Jesus uses to teach so they are stories and illustrations. Most of us, if we grew up in a Christian home, have heard these stories over and over and we know what they mean but I was studying them this week and got a new point of view on them. These are the stories of the farmer scattering the seeds, illustration of the growing seed, and the illustration of the mustard seed. I found these stories to be interesting as I thought about the fields which the seeds were in and how they grew. To me, the 3 different seeds that the farmer planted, means that we have to have good grounds with the people we are trying to reach or nothing will happen.
When I was really reading these stories a food plot came to mind along with all the other kinds of fields that a farmer can plant. Everything starts small like a seed but then it grows. It can grow into a food plot and then a great big field. That seed that you or the Lord started might start out small but it will turn into something big for Him if people take care of it. Give it encouragement and the things it needs. In a food plot you could be limited to how many seeds you can plant or people you can reach. You are trying to get people in that food plot so you can teach them about God's Words and then you can release them out into the world. I'm thinking along the lines of food plots for deer. Not quite the same but do you see the comparison I'm trying to make.
The illustration of the mustard see does just this. Whatever you start out doing don't give up because it can become big. It takes that one mustard seed in a little food plot to make a big field. In time, though, it will keep growing wiser and older causing it to move on to different things and places but yet it still has that power.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like that as well as the plans God has for our lives. We might not see everything at once but bit by bit we do. If we do the small things well that He gives us to do then He will give us bigger and better things to do with Him. We are working towards the Kingdom of Heaven, therefore, things should only get better for us because we know that no matter what we are going through God is right beside us and the bigger picture is Heaven at the end.
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