Daily Butter 9/9: The little things

My little addition to Our Daily Bread (9/9/11):

 

It's like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground. (Mark 4:31 HCSB)

 

I loved David Roper’s tale from today’s Our Daily Bread. If you haven’t read that this question might seem very bizarre, but how important has that moose tale been to him over the past three or four decades? A little tidbit of a routine from back in his schooling (when the C in the YMCA was still as recognized as the Y) was likely a distant memory for David, but it grew in the heart of Henry into something life-transforming. What a wonderful glimpse that letter of reminder gave David of the fruitfulness of his seed from decades earlier. We don’t all get this glimpse, but we all leave small seeds – good or bad behind us that sprout and grow. We are still human and weeds are inevitable, so while I’m not trying to be legalistic, I know I need to be more intentional about opportunities I might have for leaving good little seeds.

 

- Andy Jentes