Faithful in the Small Things

I’ve been asked time and time again why am I doing this recycling program? There are other ways to get needed money, grants, federal funding, etc. and I will be honest, I’ve been a bit dumb-founded in how I responded. I knew I had to be faithful in the small things, but after something that happened last week and through all the challenges something occurred to me. I want to share it with you.

I was loading cardboard at the market the other day, and I had this older tiny little woman come up to me while I’m throwing cardboard into my Escape and says to me, “Excuse me, but can I ask you why you are loading all this cardboard and what you use it for?”

I proceeded to explain the whole story. Her eyes widened in amazement. Then I heard a story of how God had watched over her life and rescued her daughter from Satanism. Incredible story. But in the end when I handed her my card to look us up, she said, “It is so weird I had to come talk to you, but know that as soon as I jump in my car I’m going to be praying for you.”

That’s what this is about. Not the corporate meetings. It’s God’s schooling. It’s doing this His way. I get to talk to all those along the way on this journey. Doing this long and tedious routine, puts people in my path that I may never have gotten to talk to in the community had I not done this God’s way. I don’t have the “big money” yet, but it’s not God’s time yet. It is all about laying the foundation.

This is about God preparing a place for His hurt children. This is not by my hand. So when I keep feeling frustrated and mocked, I know that God has something much greater in store in the “long and boring” tasks in life.