Small Voices

There is a story about a little boy who one night during dinner was not being heard and decided to make sure everyone around the kitchen table knew he was present. He let out a loud screeching scream that vibrated the dinner plates. His mother sent him to his room.
Life is filled with tiny voices often lost beneath the noise of a busy world. Those tiny voices remind us that the importance in life is most often than not found in the little things. Many times we discover that our lives are not changed by the enormous events but by happenings so small that we almost miss them.
Centuries ago there was a Roman official in a small obscure village on the outskirts of the Roman Empire. One day the priests of this region sent the official a case to review. It seems that a local carpenter was turning this little part of the world upside down with his teachings and miraculous wonders. The local officials did not like it so they attempted to present their case before the Roman official. The Roman official didn’t see a reason to get involved. He considered it an insignificant manner. He turned the manner back over to the local officials. Pilate, the Roman official, did not know that this carpenter would shape the course of history forever. The carpenter from Nazareth would become the hope of redemption for all of humanity. Pilate saw him as an inconvenience.
We need to remember it is the inconveniences of life that give direction to our lives. People who are careful about little things can be trusted to handle larger things. Businesses run more efficiently when attention is given to detail. Homes are built by small deeds of kindness. In life it is the little things that count.
Life is filled with many voices. The people who seem to manage life well are those who listen carefully for the small voices and who are alert for the small things. I’m still learning. Maybe next time I will listen to my son as we sit around the dinner table and he is trying to tell me something that I have already wrote off as unimportant. I guess I was the one that needed to be sent to his room that evening. I am discovering that it could be the tiny things could change your life. Hear