Small Things

February 6, 2026

As Terry and I take a break from writing about our story today, I want to take a moment to explain why we are sharing it. Our lives are pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe. The events that happened to us before we met are not that uncommon in today’s world. We do not proclaim to be better than anyone else who has gone through similar circumstances.

Our purpose is simply to share how God has worked in our lives. And to let you know He can make a difference in yours as well.

Below is an excerpt from today’s devotional from Our Daily Bread that shows how God can use even little things or ordinary people like us to make a big difference:

"In 1848, engineer Charles Ellet Jr. puzzled over how to begin the process of constructing the first bridge over the Niagara Falls gorge. How would they get a cable across the river? Prompted by a dream, Charles decided to host a kite-flying contest. American teenager Homan Walsh won five dollars when his kite landed on the American side of the river. Homan’s kite string was secured to a tree and used to pull a light cord back across the river, then progressively heavier cords until heavy wire cable was in place. This was the small beginning of the construction of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge.

Even though the tasks God has appointed to us may seem insignificant, we can be encouraged knowing He uses small things—like kite strings—to accomplish His great works.

By Kirsten Holmberg

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT

God is in the business of using small things to accomplish His purposes. He used a shepherd boy and a stone to slay a giant (1 Samuel 17:49-50). He used a boy’s five small barley loaves and two small fish to feed five thousand men (John 6:9). Jesus was born as a helpless baby into a poor man’s family to save the world from sin (Luke 2:7; John 3:16). He said to Zechariah, “[Do not] despise the day of small things” (Zechariah 4:10). God delights in using ordinary people like us to do great things for Him even when our tasks may seem insignificant.

K.T. Sim"