the small things

This is a comment from Adam Ellis, a youth minister in West Virginia. The question posed in the blog he was commenting on was (paraphrased) "Where is God in all this Katrina mess. People are dying and God is sitting back watching? There are small things happening, different individuals and small groups doing things, but it's like throwing bb's at a tank. Why doesn't God come down and really do something?"

Adam said this:

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed. It IS the small stuff. It's individuals opening their homes. It's a sunday school class of small children sending spare change and pictures drawn with crayons. It's God being born in a stable. It's Jesus leaving "turning the world right-side-up" in the hands of a handful of followers. I want the kingdom of heaven to be like an explosion. I want it to be something huge and spectacular. But the Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed. That is how we change the world"

Wow, that's so true.