The Little-Big Things

So I have been thinking a lot about the little things in life. The joys that God can give you with the smallest things really make life worth while. Like a random letter, e-mail, text, or phone call from a friend, to just hear a friend tell you they love you. Or a hug when you are having a hard day. But I dislike the fact that the littlest things that happen can rip your heart out the most. Like, lying to you, not sticking up for you, or ignoring you in hard times. The littlest things can become the most loving or most hurtful thing in the world. Friends seem to be the ones that God uses to do these things the most and I love and hate that.

Friends are really one of the most important things to me. With out them my life, life would be so hard. God places them in your lives to build us up as a person and to help us learn lessons. I love that. Recently I have been struggling with some stuff going on with friendship. It is so hard for me to sit and watch my friends hurt themselves or watch them slowly hurt me. But really what am I suppose to do. I have no right to tell them what to do. The only one that can change their heart is God. So all I can do is pray (By saying, "all I can do" I in no way mean that it is not something huge. Prayer is so powerful). I can pray that God leads them out of their struggles. Pray that God heals my heart from the hurt they are causing me. And pray that I can constantly forgive them over and over again. I don't want to be a half friend. I want to continue to be the friends that remains the same. A friend that is known to be loving, forgiving, and always understanding. Yes I do fail at this often but I strive everyday to make it show in my life.

Remember when you do the little things, give God the glory:
God has blessed me so much and I could never repay Him and I don't think that God ever wants me to sit here and think of ways to repay Him. I need to focus however on the little things I can do not to repay him but to bring Him glory. I know that when I do something for the ones I love I do not want anything back. I am satisfied with doing things for people and thanking God for giving me the opportunity to be able to do that for them. I wish that I could do things anonymously but somehow someone always seems to find out. But even when they do find out I need to remember to not soak up that praise but send it right back out to my Father.

Conclusion:
Use the gifts God gives you to build people up and to make their day. Do little things for people but never for your own glory. However watch the little things that you do because if hurtful they can really hurt someone more than you ever thought. But most importantly do little things in the world that will move God's heart. His heart is the one that matters most. Move this world with all the love that God gives you.