all the small things

Cracks are small. You know, something like the small spaces separating pieces in an old wood floor, or the slats in an annoyingly built picnic table. The only thing that can fall through a small crack is something that is equally as small or smaller, right? Its only logical.

Size means nothing in regards to importance, though. I once had to take a knife to the crevices in a wooden deck and slowly grind out all of the dirt caked in the cracks. While it was very evident that the dirt would just find its way back into the hiding places, the exercise of scraping the dirt was less about the effectiveness of work and more about realizing that even small things count - the small things that generally fall through the cracks.

I don't want to be that person that is so uptight with details that an uncapped toothpaste sends them into postpartum, but I also do not want to falter when it comes to being intentional in all things- especially the small things.

And that is tiring.

So here is my warning (and challenge). The precedent has been set, laced throughout pages of breathed truth, and testified in every ounce of love that has been expressed. Clearly, when our lives are wholeheartedly devoted to glorifying ONE, the rest of our kerfluffle falls by the wayside. We are to do all things with purpose and love, and not let any opportunity pass us by. But there is something to be said of balance. Sacrifice. So here goes. The phrase that blew my mind this morning and seems a little crazy.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

How freeing is that?

"But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appears, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. " Titus 3:4