It's true, I think. It's the little things. But don't the little things become your big things? A professor once taught us to "mind your big rocks." Put your big rocks into your bucket first, then you can fill it with the little pebbles. If you mind your pebbles before your stones, you won't have room for the big rocks.
The little moments, mundane afternoons and monotonous activities are little things, but they have become my big rocks. I never thought I'd see God at a football practice, but He was there. He was there in Jacob's patience, in his genuine joy teaching Ellie to walk. And He was there in her face, her little prancing feet and the peace I knew watching their trust grow. She's a whole soul who is beginning to love another soul. And I'm privileged to watch it happen. At a football field. Who knew?!
Jacob once told me he'd never want to be a superhero. "Why, Jacob?" "Because, they have all the time for the world, and no time for love." (He was watching a making of Spiderman and felt sorry for the poor guy who couldn't keep a girlfriend!) Jacob, though, is a superhero to Ellie. Because of a little thing that is really a big rock.
"To know that love is all there is is all there is to know."
It's true, isn't it? The biggest moments in our lives are made up of little memories. Beautiful entry in your blog.
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