The mustard seed is the smallest of any seed that can be planted, yet a

black mustard plant can grow up to six feet six inches tall.

We think small things we do for people do not matter, like sending a text

to someone who had surgery or wishing someone happy birthday on their

Facebook wall. I assure you, trivial things matter to people. What seems

like a small thing to us can make a significant difference.

During my freshman year of college, my great-uncle drove thirteen hours

to meet with me and encourage me to become a minister like him.

Thanks to a music scholarship, I was blessed to attend a university well-

equipped to instruct students in ministry, though I had not yet chosen to

pursue ministry myself. I enjoyed our meal together in Searcy, AR, but I

was afraid of leading, so I told him, “No, thank you.” Not long after, he

passed away. I never got to tell him, “Thank you.”

My mother was diagnosed with polio when she was five months old. She’s

never walked straight or ran. We could admit she wasn’t blessed

physically with what others had, yet she has doubled it with her spiritual

influence. We often forgot about her physical limitations because she

doubled what she had by her zeal and thirst for the Lord. It had nothing

to do with how “talented” she was, but what she did with what she was