Throughout my life people have told me, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.”
I’d roll my eyes and part of me would want to say, “The small stuff matters!” but instead I would give an appropriate reply.
The thing is, the small stuff mattered to me because, in the end, it affected the bigger picture. After having my special needs daughter, the small stuff really did matter because it’s often is a key to bigger issues. Something as small as going outside to play can lead to a break down in my household.
Lately, when I start sweating the small stuff my husband will say:
“Have you prayed about it?”
So, I started praying about the small stuff that makes me sweat. For the past five years I have prayed about Lilly’s health issues, but I haven’t prayed about what to feed her. I’ve prayed about healing for her pain, but I haven’t prayed about what creams to use. I think you get the picture.
Since I’ve started praying for the small things, things have started changing in my life. We had a fun summer because things for my daughter have started rounding off and my new blog launch has been stress free (other than some learning curves).
And I’m not sweating the small stuff as much.
This verse is wonderfully humbling.
Before I was born God knew the struggles I would face as a person, as a wife, as a typical mother, and as a special needs mom.
God knew I would sweat the small stuff and has placed things into my life to help me out. Psalm 139:13-14 helps me remember that I am wonderfully made and that I need to pray the small stuff more often.
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Great reminder! I pray about a lot of things, but never think about the “small things” Happy Friday!
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Candice, Yes! I’ve been having to learn that lesson lately too. God wants to hear our “list” big and little. There are SO many scriptures that prove this! 😀
I love this! I remind people all the time that if it matters to you, then it matters to God. God cares about his child and God CARES about the small stuff too!
Such a good reminder. In the end everything is comprised of the small stuff. I’m going to remember to add the small things into my prayers.
Often I don’t pray for the smallest things, but sometimes I do pray for the medium stuff. It’s important for me to remember to pray about the small stuff sometimes, too! 🙂
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Oh no I have never thought about praying about the medium things. Now I have something new to add to my prayer habits 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this post. It is so true. I surrender things to God, but I don’t bring the day-to-day “small stuff” to Him because I find them trivial. I forget that He cares about the details and that letting Him help with the small stuff makes the execution of His ultimate plan a little bit smoother. Thanks for the reminder.
Brittany,
I stopped by your blog and left a comment! But your right something we often find trivial might actually be what God wants us to bring before him. Have a great weekend!
Hi Candice! I like the thought about small things affecting the big things. That’s so true. And really, why not pay attention to everything in my life? Especially the small things, that I know I can help? God says that if I take care of the small, he will introduce bigger things. Slowly. No need to jump to the huge stuff right away.
I really liked this post! Nice to meet you 🙂
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Ceil
Hi Ceil,
Thank-you for stopping by and it’s great to meet you to! You actually you got me thinking about what you said, “God says that if I take care of the small, he will introduce bigger things. Slowly.” I have a feeling I will be pondering that for a while.
Have a great weekend!
Candice
I am not quite sure why we tend to think the small stuff does not matter to God. He pays attention to it all as nothing escapes His eye. This was a great reminder to bring it all to Him as He is the Only One who can affect change in all things. I was your neighbor today at Thought Provoking & I do think this was my first time here. Nice to “meet” you! Blessings!
Joan, I quickly stopped over at your blog. I like how on Saturdays you capture your favourite blog post you have read. It was nice to meet you too!
I love that the Lord wants us to bring the small stuff to Him along with the big stuff!
I love that to! Honestly I believe God wants to talk to him about everything and it’s just us who put the limit on what we bring before him.