Little Moments Add Up



I am becoming more and more convinced little moments make up the whole of life.  Sure, we often only remember the big moments.  But it's those little ones that are easily forgotten that really are the building blocks that make us our past and present.  The way we communicate with our parents and friends via text and in person, the time we take to care for a sibling, and the little prayers that we utter silently in our hearts.  These are the moments we need to get present to.
Take a moment and listen to this song by Ludovico Einaudi.
Consider what this song might sound like if Ludovico periodically left out notes throughout the song.  It would not sound very good at all!  Yet, still better than I could do!
As we read the Gospels we might also consider Jesus.  Go ahead and pick a chapter and read it.  I recommend this one.  As you read it, pause long enough to notice the little details that make up the whole.  Get really present to the details of his comings and goings and what happened in those moments.  Get present to the other characters in the chapter and see the story through their eyes.  Become one of the strangers in the crowd.  Don't read it from your perspective, but from one of theirs. What do you see?  Can you see how the details make up the parts of the whole?

What do you need to get present to in your life?  What details are you not present to?  How might your life need to change as a result of these insights?  God is active in the details becasue he knows the value of the seemingly insignificant.  These little moments really do add up, and if you are not aware of them you are missing the telling of your own story.

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