While We Wait- We Look For The Little and Small

"Cinderella"

Today's Focus: 

Lifting Up The Little And The Small

The little and the small..

 The most important ingredients for a larger than life miracle

Little and Small is how we feel when evil tries to win. 

But 

What if we saw

Little and Small 

Differently?

What if , when we feel 

Little and Small 

we begin to see 

Little and Small

in a whole new way

we begin to believe

we

the Little and Small 

are the main ingredients needed

to help Jesus create larger than life miracles.

Advent- We are waiting.. And He is coming. 

"It's coming- the Kingdom's coming in little and small unexpected ways. And the King is coming to rule the earth and make all the sad things untrue and make all the bad things come undone." 

- Ann Voskamp

When I read what Ann said about sad things and bad things..My heart skipped a beat. It gives me hope to know that is what Jesus does.. 

He overcomes evil with good.

& 

the process begins 

with the Small and Little 

"The Son is sent in through the fallen kingdom's back door. the King is born into a barn to wrest the forces from the pit, slay the demons, crush the head of the evil one, and woo the world back to life. The war is bloody. It is heinously dark. And on Calvary, evil corners the Son. Iron spikes the King to a tree and laughs haunting triumph- Only to have light shatter the dark and the King fling off the rotting grave clothes and rise!"

Ann Voskamp

He comes in Little and Small.. 

Little and Small at first seems so insignificant.. you can miss it.. but what we learn from Jesus is that Little and Small can't be stopped from overcoming the disguise of Big that evil wears. 

We overcome evil with the little steps we make in the direction of  His goodness. 

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good"

-Romans 12:21

Evil will attempt to make us feel like the cinderella's of this world. It will do everything in its power to make you give up on finding kindness. Evil can not give or receive kindness.. It only kills it..

We only find kindness from within..We find it in our hearts.. Jesus is the only one who can give us and fill us with true authentic kindness.. the kind that doesn't expect anything back when it gives. 

Cinderella's father needed help.. he needed someones kindness to step into the place where kindness was missing. His wife, Cinderella's mother was kindness..and taught kindness. She planted the seeds of kindness into her daughter's heart and it called out her identity.  She was royalty and was destined to marry a king.

 Her mother knew that..

Her stepmother did too.. 

and did everything in her power to stop it and manipulate it for her own good. 

Kindness gives and calls out our identity and moves us into our Kingdom destiny.

Evil takes and strips away identity and keeps us from ever seeing our destiny.

"If there is kindness, there is goodness & where there is goodness there is magic."

-Cinderella's Mom

Her mother was teaching her the Little and Small ways that would protect her from the assault.. that would reveal her identity and lead her to her destiny. She was destined to go to the ball re-dressed in His righteousness... Where all eyes would be on her .. Because She would be a reflector of His Glory.. She was destined to marry a prince and be the daughter of a King. Her Stepmother guided by evil..knew who Cinderella was.. who she was to become.. and she did everything in her power to snuff out the Little & Small seeds of kindness her mother planted deep within her heart. 

"The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart 
by the one who knows what you could be and fear's it." 

- John Eldredge 

Kindness can be lost when evil looks bigger..

 but we must not see it that way..

"Have Courage & Be Kind"

-Cinderella's Mom

Evil is a bully.. 

but when we take hold of the courage within.. 

the kind of courage that is built from sitting quietly in the Small and Little places 

at the feet of Jesus 

We find a kindness that builds a courage so strong

that no evil can ever overcome

Jesus has a plan of good for your life.. It can not be thwarted. 

Cinderella's story is bullied by evil. 

but look.. 

Kindness is sent in from above.. 

It comes in and builds courage.

that leads her back to kindness 

so she is able to see 

Goodness again. 

This is the same plan Jesus has for us

He sends in His kindness

so we can see His 

Goodness

that helps us 

Overcome 

the evil of this world.

"All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth" 

Psalm 25:10

So, Lets be on the look out today for the Little and Small things ..

the kindness He is sending our way 

It might just be right under our nose 

 the courage and kindness 

we are looking for..

The larger than life miracle

we are hoping for 

begins within

with

the little and the small:)

Remain confident of His promise to see His good in what looks like it will always be bad.  

"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."

-Psalm 27:13

I love the song..
"Timshel"
by
Mumford and Sons

The meaning of the word
Timshel—

Man's Ability to Choose Between Good and Evil

Noteworthy Lyrics-

"Death will steal your innocence
but it will not steal your substance"

"And you have your choices

And these are what make man great

His ladder to the stars

But you are not alone in this

And you are not alone in this

As brothers we will stand and we'll hold your hand

Hold your hand"