The Little Things

How many little things are you responsible for? What are the little daily things that you are supposed to do day in and day out? It could be getting your Bible Study done in the morning, or working out and moving your body every day. Maybe your little things are meal prep and keeping the house picked up. My little things include Bible Study and Prayer time in the morning, working out, making sure my kids have their Before School Checklist is ready for them, and starting my meal prep for the day before the kids are even awake. This morning, I have yogurt going in the Instapot, veggies cooking on the stove, my Bible and journal open next to me and my coffee cup in my hand. For me, these little things in the morning and being faithful to them jump starts my whole day. When I don't get them done, when the unexpected happens, when I sleep instead of doing the things I know I need to do, I feel it. My whole day is off. All my little things added up to big things, rather my lack of little things added up to big things being off. 

Is there grace that goes with this? You bet. A few weeks back, my week was just off. I had started January strong. Checking my little boxes on my calendar and moving towards the goals that I had set for that month. And then the third week of January. Monday was a holiday, Tuesday I ended up in the Emergency Room with a child all day and by Wednesday, when my husband worked different hours than normal, I felt like a disaster. My tasks were piling up, my nutrition was off, which makes me feel terrible and I was fighting a cold. On Thursday morning, I had a choice. I could let this week get the best of me and give up. I could throw in the towel and let myself down in the goals that I had set for myself in January. Or... I could press in harder and get back on track. 

I could be faithful in the little things that I was being asked to do, so that when bigger things come, and they will, we have proven faithful to handle them. So I am pressing in and pushing forward with the little and the big.