Comments on: Do Small Things

By: Noelle

Noelle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:01:31 +0000

Tim ~

Thanks for your timely comments and observations. Thanks for standing up as a member of our generation who has focus, character and drive to glorify our LORD.

May God bless you as you, and the rest of us, do small hard things!

By: Sarah Pride

Sarah Pride — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:51:17 +0000

An excellent post, and so true. This is a lot of what my last year post-graduation from college has taught me. Everything comes slowly and is impossible for us unless we look right where we are, today. God often glorifies Himself best through the weak and the foolish, in order to shame the strong and the wise. If that is so, let me be weak and foolish, because this world needs lots of God’s glory to shine!

By: Felicity

Felicity — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:47:20 +0000

Thanks for the great post Tim.

You said,
“3. Standing up for what’s right. It may be cliché, but it certainly does not seem cliché when you are in that situation that causes you to stand for what you believe in. It may be walking away from gossip or a dirty joke. It may be speaking up for the person who is being trashed by your co-workers. It may be speaking in defence of the Bible, or of the unborn, or of the reason you aren’t going to see that movie. It may be something as huge as standing up for chastity or standing up for a friend. It can be small as well. Yet remember, many small things add up to a big thing.”

I find this really hard. I just got back home from visiting relatives, and my aunt was criticizing everything possible, and saying her opinion about all sorts of controversial things like it was truth and there was nothing else right but her of course. I found this really hard to listen to as I’m very conservative in belief and she is very liberal. I didn’t say much to agree or disagree because I did not want to be next in line for her cutting remarks. She would hardly talk about anything other than how she disagreed with this, and she thought that A. was dumb saying that she had to ask her husband first… I was horrified at some of the things that she said.

My question is: What should I say and do next time I get in a situation like that? It wasn’t like I could just get up and leave without being really rude, and sometimes we were in the car… I really want to do the right thing!

By: Ally S.

Ally S. — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:22:00 +0000

Thank you! I’ve been feeling rather discouraged lately. Thank you for the encouragement!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:37:34 +0000

I needed to hear this today…thanks.

By: Michelle Hernandez

Michelle Hernandez — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:22:58 +0000

Great post, Tim!
Thanks for saying it’s okay to desire to do big hard things, while keeping our focus on Christ not on ourselves.

God’s Grace.
=D

By: Erik B.

Erik B. — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:40 +0000

Tim,
I read some of this article on your blog. Great post!! Keep up the good work.

By: KP

KP — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:01:41 +0000

God knew I needed this reminder today! Almost every single one of your five examples pointed to weaknesses I struggle with often. May God help us re-order our perspectives and start placing the same value on internal tests of faith that He does.

Thanks so much!

By: Kaisha

Kaisha — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:41:53 +0000

That was amazing. My dad often reminds me that just because people see something I do doesn’t make God more pleased with me. He often uses the exapmle of a church janitor. He tells me that if God sets before a man the task of being a church janitor all his life, and if that man is faithful to his task, and does it well, then God is as pleased with him as He is with the the man that travels to the deepest parts of the jungle and faithfully shares Christ with the natives. The rewards in heaven are not based on how big or amazing the task was, but whether you did your jokb faithfully and well.

By: Kedesh

Kedesh — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:36:35 +0000

Thanks, Tim.

I’m a daughter at home, with four younger siblings. I lot of my time is taken up in doing the “small hard things”. Your article was an encouragment to me.

God bless you, Brother in Christ.