Our First Reading is from The Acts of the Apostles. In Acts we hear the story of God’s activity in the life of the Church: the third stage of our salvation history, God’s saving plan for his people. The first stage is The Old Testament (God’s activity in the life of Israel); the second stage is The Gospels (God’s activity in the life of Christ). We live in the third stage—God’s activity through us and the Church.
During the Season of Easter we have the opportunity to be inspired by these “acts” of the apostles and believers in Christ. Paul and Barnabas say the Lord has commanded them to be “a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.” You may ask yourself, how can I be this light, be an actual instrument of salvation?
You would be surprised by how some seemingly little thing can be important. Sometimes the seemingly insignificant can be crucial to any outcome. Have you ever noticed that much of life is made of events or happenings, opportunities or things that fall into a classification of a little thing, but not really? You may have another way of describing them, and they may fall into positive and negative categories.
Here are a few: It may be that person who gets on your nerves. You come with a great attitude and within minutes after a short interaction your day feels ruined—it's a little thing, but not really. It may be that conversation that you seem to have over and over with your boss or your spouse or your children. You have had the same conversation a hundred times but nothing ever changes—it's a little thing, but not really. Maybe it is that rattle or squeak sound in your car; or it could be that small bump on the side of your face that is red and tender—it may be a little thing, but maybe not really.
On the positive side there are many little things that can make a profound difference in how you approach the day. The person at Starbucks who pays for your coffee—a little thing, but not really. The person attending your checkout line compliments you on your nice smile; the note you received in the mail from the friend you have not seen in a long time—little things, but not really.
The challenge is to be the person who does little things that make life positive; don't be the person who does that thing that can turn a day wrong. Do that thing that is a little thing, but it’s not really—because we are God’s activity on earth, instruments of God’s salvation. It may seem like a little thing in the grand scheme—but not really!
Keep singing!
Elizabeth Dyc
During the Season of Easter we have the opportunity to be inspired by these “acts” of the apostles and believers in Christ. Paul and Barnabas say the Lord has commanded them to be “a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.” You may ask yourself, how can I be this light, be an actual instrument of salvation?
You would be surprised by how some seemingly little thing can be important. Sometimes the seemingly insignificant can be crucial to any outcome. Have you ever noticed that much of life is made of events or happenings, opportunities or things that fall into a classification of a little thing, but not really? You may have another way of describing them, and they may fall into positive and negative categories.
Here are a few: It may be that person who gets on your nerves. You come with a great attitude and within minutes after a short interaction your day feels ruined—it's a little thing, but not really. It may be that conversation that you seem to have over and over with your boss or your spouse or your children. You have had the same conversation a hundred times but nothing ever changes—it's a little thing, but not really. Maybe it is that rattle or squeak sound in your car; or it could be that small bump on the side of your face that is red and tender—it may be a little thing, but maybe not really.
On the positive side there are many little things that can make a profound difference in how you approach the day. The person at Starbucks who pays for your coffee—a little thing, but not really. The person attending your checkout line compliments you on your nice smile; the note you received in the mail from the friend you have not seen in a long time—little things, but not really.
The challenge is to be the person who does little things that make life positive; don't be the person who does that thing that can turn a day wrong. Do that thing that is a little thing, but it’s not really—because we are God’s activity on earth, instruments of God’s salvation. It may seem like a little thing in the grand scheme—but not really!
Keep singing!
Elizabeth Dyc
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