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The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field … which indeed is the least of all seeds! But when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew 13:31-32 (KJV)
How are you doing?! Feel like one of those “least of all seeds?”
Thankfully, on Monday, Brooke and Bob had power restored at their apartment! It was also good to finally have our street plowed! Since Friday, we’ve dug and pushed out 5 to 6 stuck cars per day in the neighborhood!
Ah… On Tuesday, with our driveway well shoveled, Kathryn’s car cleaned of snow, our front porch roof shoveled off, and the snow starting to melt, I thought things were pretty well settled down --- like order had been restored from all the chaos. …Then I looked out the window this morning!
Wow! What a mess again! The snow was blowing horizontally!! How disheartening! And then our power cycled on and off several times! …Oh my, chaos again!
Then I thought of that mustard seed. So tiny relative to the world around it! So easily crushed by a rock, scooped up by a relatively huge bird, or smothered by the snow! And yet, when someone has the faith to sow that tiny seed into the ground, it grows! And, it grows to become not just some little flimsy bush --- but a tree, one that those huge birds come to make their homes in!
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