Beware of the Little Things!

In December of 2008, I was preparing for all the family to be home for Christmas. So many things to do...so little time. You understand...you have been thru that also! Bob and I were out to get some last minute groceries and on our way, I saw the Cheryl's cookie store. Right away the thought occured to me to have some Cheryl's Christmas cookies to add to our bountiful banquet of food! I could not tell if they were still open or not as it was later in the evening, so I had Bob stop the car and allow me to go to the door to check their hours. As I studied the writing on the door, I realized that they had closed about a 1/2 hour before, so I checked to see when they opened in the morning. Bob was waiting for me in the running car and as I turned to come to the car, my foot caught on a small metal object sticking up from the ground. All I remember was my arms and legs going in different directions and my body heading for the pavement. When Bob saw me, he jumped out of the car to help only to realize that the car was still in drive...so had to jump back in! Needless to say, I was beat up, bruised adn really hurting. Never did go back to get those cookies!

In January, I was sitting at my computor working and thought of something I needed from another room.I got up and proceeded to the other room, only to begin the process of falling all over again really hard to the hard wood floors. I had gotten my foot tangled in my computor cord!!!

A small peice of metal and a computor cord have left me in the most awful pain for the last several months! My knee and my leg have hurt continually all because of those "little things" that tripped me up!

Today, when I got on the scale to weigh after being faithful in a healthy lifestyle, I had actually gained a pound for the 2nd week in a row! Oh, you say, only a pound, no big deal! But you see it is the little things that trip us up because when I saw another pound gained , I wanted to quit and say.."What's the use!" Four sticks of butter (some of you will get that later!) almost cause me to quit trying to live in a healthful way!


So many times it is the "Little Things" in our lives..not the big, major things that cause our pain and a sense of wanting to quit! Have you experienced this? One word spoken or perhaps the lack of a word spoken, one note or lack of note, one phone call or lack of , one day missed in prayer and Bible study and then perhaps another.

Ecclesiates 10:1 says "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour....so doth a LITTLE folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

Flies are little things but let one land in your soup and the whole meal is ruined!

That is what happens when we allow the "little things " to trip us up in our walk for the LORD!

I encourage you to not live in pain and to not quit! I encourage you to watch out for the "little things"..the flies..that want to trip us up and spoil our fragance before the Lord!

Beware of the LITTLE THINGS!

 

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