Small Things

                                    Small Things

            Story and Written by Rev. John Sankitts Sr.

                       Edited by John Sankitts Jr.

              My son who is an outstanding prolific word smith that extrudes stellar penning and is a vivid expositor of words has moved me and encourage me to spew my written works and for it to be forever immortalized,  a piece of written work to move and spark the inner minuscule of hope in lieu that this motivates the meager to move into action.

            “For who hath despised - In the work of God, the day of small things is not to be despised". God often chooses weak instruments, to bring about mighty things: and though' the beginnings be small, he can make the latter end greatly to increase.(Zechariah 4:10) 

           A writer starts with one small word, that word is stringed into a sentence and therefore a book is made that has the power to influence a world, culture or ideology. The instrument of writing, an expositor of words is my vehicle of persuasion that has enabled the penning of this poetic composition. My work is subject to the review, criticism and interpretation of the reader and all is welcome to pass it forward. My thoughts were composed over a time, compartmentally stored and recorded for it's time of release, and the time has now come for its deliverance. The air is filled with envy, hate, doubt, and confusion. 

            The deliverance of hope is here, through small words, small things, small hopes, small ideas, small sacrifices, small initiatives, and small seeding. The time has come for this adoxography, all this in order be used as a paradigm that will encourage other aspiring litterateurs, mavericks, and influencers. 

           That your small input, in any manner can rise up to monumental movements, actions and spiritual manifestations of enlightenment. The prophet Zechariah wrote “for who has despise the day of small things” (Zechariah 4:10) inferring that it doesn’t matter how small a thing might be as long as it is going to be used for a worthwhile cause. No one under our sun has a tenable reason to despise or belittle its purpose, it’s an irrefutable fact that small things can turn out to be monumental, colossal and impressive. 

          These things that I have mention readily catches our attention, most often emerges from the smallest of efforts. It is not always the grand, the obnoxious action or idea that engulfs our awe, it’s the spec of hope that materializes into a tangible Phenom or product that changes the course of history. It’s these small things that produces grandeur that we sought and tend to admire to stand and behold in amazement of its indelible beauty.  Like the first rain drop that hits the ground of a dry thirsty and morbidly parched land. The torrential rain cometh next, then the overflowing  pools of life sustaining water, then the lakes and seas that has all emanated from one tiny rain drop. 

              Tell me have you seen the seed? The seed of might? Do you possess the seed of hope? Tell me, are you the seed? The very seed of a tall, mighty and colossal Sherman Sequoia tree, so majestically massive that you can drive a vehicle through the trunk. A small and tiny seed that produced this tree, the impressive giant sequoias can grow to be about 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter and more than 250 feet (76 m) tall. The biggest of these behemoths is General Sherman, a giant sequoia tree that is birthed from a tiny seed.

             This is not only amazing it is mind perplexing, a living testament to us, that small things can grow to be significant wonders. I will lend a reference from the oldest book in which started once upon a time with one word, one word after another, and has stood the test of time, the Bread, the Bible, in Luke 17:7 “The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you” 

              Powerful in words yes, proven in reality a fact, is it not? As we continue to cogitate on small things, which is the subject under view, we can infer from observation, that everything that grows or multiplies has the potential within themselves to propagate into gigantic works, giant wunderkinds as nature would allow them to grow regardless of the smallest of effort, idea, small things or seed.

               Let me transform into a Picasso of words, a vivid wordsmith to illustrate my canopy vision of thought on small things, if you may. One drop of rain can save a nation from the brink of drought. A thought of man, turns into an act of love, one tiny sperm cell, works its way up a stream and fights its way to her egg and 9 months later a child is birthed. A drop of food coloring in a pitcher of water, turns gallons into its color. A thought of light, a small passion of hope and dedication led to the light bulb being invented. A tiny stone in the slingshot of David brought down the strong, feared, the great Goliath.

            A touch , as stated “A woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment” (Mathew 9:20). Look at the marvel, no matter what faith you are from, if you strip the spiritual essence of any passages in this composition, no matter what walk of life you are from, the smallest touch of hope or action, can materialize into a life changing spectacle. We look at the sprawling, impressive golden corn field which is ready to harvest, and we stand amazed of the sight we see. We wonder how many millions of people that would benefit from the corn, in which was from small beginnings, a seed, then a stalk then corn. 

         Everything regardless of its nature have the small beginning and grows to reflect the omnipotence, omniscience, the omnipresence of GOD. For who else can make anything to grow to its full potential but GOD, as you wish, your GOD. The point is have faith in your decision to act on something no matter what the contribution is. This is the reason the bible instructs us to “never despise the day of small things”

          In conclusion, Small things grow into big things. It is such an obvious observation that I hesitate to mention it. Little ideas become great life changing inventions, little children grow up to be presidents, little trees become gigantic towers, and little beginnings often become significant legacies. This and all in which I submit this small writing of hope and encouragement to all struggling to start, to initiate action, to believe in the smallest  of hope, to believe in the little voice inside of you, to believe in the smallest of contributions. It’s the paramount sister to my idea that starting and executing that small initiative is the foe of the birth of those small things. 

         The small things in life are to be fostered into creation, and how we handle small things weather good or bad that we confront in life, that will eventually bring us before great men and women, which will immensely help us to shape our future with greatness, providing that the almighty GOD is our shining light and guide in whatever we undertake to do. So plant your seeds of small things and watch it grow. You only live once, life is full of tiny joys. We are all a testament to that if you are reading this body of encouraging words. It is my deliberate intention and observation to deliver to you this message, that no matter how small it is, once you start it, it will grow, “if you build it they will come”. 

“Jesus said that if you have faith as little as a mustard seed, you can move mountains” (Mathew 17:20)

                                       The End