The Little Things in Life
Most of us are blessed to never experience an earthquake or an automobile wreck of devastating proportions or a house fire causing us to lose our home and our most treasured possessions. Thank God for His mercies.
The things that get to us on a daily basis, the everyday happenings, those “little things of life” are what cause us to mutter under our breath and say “grrr” (or something less polite!) The dishwasher, full of dirty dishes, malfunctions and floods the kitchen. The repairman doesn’t come on the expected day after you have waited at home all day. Your boss yells at you for something that was not your fault. That stupid driver in front of you almost causes you to wreck your car. It’s a bad hair day and you are invited to a big bash that evening. Add your own disaster list.
But not all little things in life are unpleasant. A smile from the grocery store clerk (who may be having her own bad day), a telephone call from a friend or family member not heard from for some time, a bill not as large as expected.
When we think of good little things thoughts turn to little children. We like to think this is their special time of the year. Advent is the season when we remember a little baby, the most precious one of all time, the baby Jesus. Wonder of wonders, He came to us as a little baby, a joyous birth, His future unforeseen except by God the Father.
How blessed we are at this Christmas season, amid the hustle and bustle, to remember that tiny one, our Savior Jesus Christ. During Advent as we anticipate His birthday, rejoice in all the good “little things” in our lives but most of all rejoice in God’s mercy in sending His only Son to be our Savior, our companion in life, our Redeemer.
Jean Dean
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