{"id":58,"date":"2020-04-08T20:10:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agingawkwardly.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2020-08-07T03:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T03:21:47","slug":"there-are-no-small-things-in-the-kingdom-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agingawkwardly.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/08\/there-are-no-small-things-in-the-kingdom-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"There Are No Small Things In the Kingdom of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are no small things in the kingdom of God.&nbsp; Listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/southbeachchurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pastor Luke Frechette\u2019s<\/a> 2020 Palm Sunday video during a global pandemic, this statement cut to the heart.&nbsp; You see, God told me years ago to create a blog and begin writing.&nbsp; I was obedient, sort of.&nbsp; I secured the domain name, created a logo (branding is essential, right?).&nbsp; Like Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3 and 4, I can provide a long list of reasons why God should look elsewhere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I don\u2019t know how to write.<\/li><li>Who would want to listen to me?<\/li><li>Can I write under a pseudonym?&nbsp; I want to share my heart, but I don\u2019t want people to know me.&nbsp;<\/li><li>I don\u2019t have anything of value to add.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I have an endless list of justifications for my disobedience to God.&nbsp; As I sit here today, it is taking everything within me to post this, to accept that \u201cgood enough\u201d is permissible. 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