How big are little things?

Did you ever go for a walk and just happen to find a dollar just laying there?  In the grand scheme of things, a dollar is really a pretty little thing, but finding one is kind of a big thing isn't it?  It's a surprise, something you weren't thinking of finding.  And it feels goooooood.   Or maybe you have been in the drive up line at a Mac's or Starbucks to get a cup of coffee for the ride and when you get to the window you get a smile and a cup of coffee.....free.  Seems the person in front of you paid for your coffee.  Feels gooooood !  And it's a little thing.  But to you, at that moment, it's really kind of a big thing isn't it?

Recently our church had a deal going on called Project Backpack.  The folks who attend were made aware of the program and were asked to participate in it if they could.  Basically it meant buying an inexpensive backpack and a list of school supplies to go with it.  Each filled backpack would then be handed out to families in the area who were in need and most likely couldn't afford the twenty to thirty dollar expense of each filled backpack. 

In the grand scheme of things, taking the time to go to the local Target and spending that twenty to thirty dollars for the backpack and school supplies was a little thing to those who participated in the project.  BUT....that little thing was a really big thing to the kids who received them as well as their families. 

Random and anonymous acts of kindness of any kind don't have to be big deals.  Little things can so easily, and most often do, become big things.....not only to the receiver, but the giver.  If you have done random acts of kindness you realize just how big they are....because you yourself most probably inwardly felt good because of what you had done.  It's like your own little secret....that you felt good because you were kind to someone.  The truth is, you are feeling good about it because in your heart you know that God is smiling.  Smiling because you have listened, and you have been kind to someone.  And that is really, really big.