Sunday Message

think small...

This weekend I've enjoyed the company of guests at the Light in the Woods Chapel.  We've talked and laughed and shared meals together and discussed life and enjoyed the natural beauty of this mountain setting.  Just a few friends spending time together in the mountains.  In the grand scheme of things, I suppose that isn't a big deal.  

Or is it?

In a few minutes I'll be driving from Garden Valley to Eagle to lead the Vision Sunday Service.  As a small group, we'll gather in Spiritual Community for a time, explore life more deeply, share the experience, and then move into the week ahead.

On this large planet with seven continents and six billion souls, I suppose that isn't a big deal.

Or is it?

Last Friday, I planted a small Colorado Blue Spruce near the driveway on the northwest corner of my property.  It's a little tree in the middle of a huge forest and not real noticeable, so it's not really a big deal.

Or is it?

Through the past week, I've received several individual prayer requests that I have written down and carefully placed in the prayer box where the Chapel Light shines 24/7.  Over the past seven days, the number of prayers offered up to the Universe are as numerous as the stars - impossible to count.  A few more prayers offered up are really no big deal.

Or are they?

A while back, my sister gave me a small packet of Habitat for Humanity sunflower seeds.  Sunflower seeds are symbolic of hope.  Last Tuesday I sowed them in small soil containers that I am keeping in the warmth of my home so they will sprout.  Later, in May, I will transplant them to a sunny place on the property near the Chapel.  Those seeds are soooo small.  Just a few more seeds sown into the ground on this great big planet.  I suppose they really don't matter much.

Or do they?

Sunflowers represent hope.  They follow the sun light.

Colorado Blue Spruce trees grow 80 feet tall and 20 feet wide.

Prayers expand consciousness and possibilities.

A few friends sharing meaningful time together creates laughter and joy and special memories that nurture and sustain us.

It's certainly no big deal.

And I'm quite glad about that.

Mother Teresa said, “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.  But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the world would be less because of that missing drop.  I do not agree with the big way of doing things.”

 Through the ever accumulating sunrises, sunsets, and varied experiences that make up your unique God–given experiences of life, may you incrementally come to understand the immense value found in sharing God’s love in the smallest possible ways.  In the big picture, these truly are the ways that matter most.

-Rev. Tom