Our appetites are bigger than our stomachs, we occasionally say. Here's a thought; Our wants are bigger than our abilities. America is in a bind due to the latter. Too many buy houses, cars, and things that our billfolds can't support. Our dreams are bigger than our ability to pay. Thus, society lives top-heavy and eventually we topple a foreclosure or a bankruptcy at a time. In the loan business it would be said that we often live upside down.
So it is in the world of serving others. We want to exit this life making an impact, don't you think? We want to do great damage to depression, injustice, and poverty. Right is the dream. But we are upside down in our approach. One doesn't get to the top of accomplishment by walking over people. We do so by learning to walk with people....one small baby step at a time. This gives God much room to enter in astounding participation and surprise.
What gives guys like me hope is little Zacchaeus up in the tree. Jesus seems to be bent on making somebodies out of nobodies. Me? Are you talking to me, Sir Jesus? You what? You...man are you nuts? You WANT to go home with me? And so they did.
All around us are those peering in at our immaculate (to them) and beautiful lives. They would accept a hello or even an attentive nod. We must realize that such small gestures work themselves, by the grace of God, into large and satisfying living. Don't overlook the little things. They are charged with the TNT of God.
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