The Little Things

This poem is from my pastor, Todd Outcalt at Calvary Methodist Church in Brownsburg Indiana. This past weekend he delivered another powerful message over Luke 16:10 "10"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own? "

It was convicting. I need to do much better with "The Little Things." Enjoy!

The Little Things
by
Todd Outcalt


There’s a lesson in life that is true to form
And it never wavers or fails:
That if we aspire to build an empire
We cannot overlook the details.

There are no shortcuts to summit the top,
So before you grab for the ring
Be certain you’ve given your all to the small,
And to elementary things.

For success isn’t built on one giant leap
Nor a quirky luck-of-the-draw,
But the big things are built on the faithfulness
Of our attention to all things small.

Each person holds in his or her hands
The tiniest seeds of the great,
But before we’re entrusted with magnificent trees
We must plant, and water, and wait.

There is nothing in life that is not built
On attention to the small,
But we must be faithful with tiny things
Before we are given it all.

This lesson we learn in winter years
But quickly forget in the spring:
If we want to be blessed with far more success,
First honor the smallest of things.