Look hard at the lives of others and in many you will see the fingerprints of faith, a God who is working wildly worthwhile works for His glorious kingdom through His ever mindful children. Ebbing and flowing from moments miraculous, to a singular, seemingly simplistic smile placed at just the right moment. Maybe it is just sitting silently with a friend in angst, or praying, unnoticed by any other in the world, in the corner of a room.
Life seems complex, but should rather be complexly intertwined with the heart of our glorious Lord, moving in and out of steeped interaction with His call and leading in our lives. Once again, rising in my heart is His call to greater things, greater works, the manifold power of Christ, rising through our lives. Yet it is balance, and must be so, in such a way that we see, in God's economy, that even the apparently unglorious (in man's eyes), such things that no one else may see, but God Himself calls us to, is a part of that greater thing.
It is the complete balance, forged with tenacity and thanksgiving that presses upon us, pressing us into a life of greater things. As we celebrate around tables this Thanksgiving, let's share the gamut of His stories from small to large, in celebration of His fingerprints upon us. Like the widow's mite, we should also understand that the smallest, given with fullness of heart and faith, stand head and shoulders above the acts that have even a twinge of self serving. May our hearts pour out with thankfulness to our God this season.
Amen, Brother Bob
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