My Little Acre

 "God does not so much need people to do extraordinary things as He needs people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well."

William Barclay (1907-1978)

  Bright and lovely Dahlias to make a refreshing bouquet.

My little acre of land, my little acre of influence, how well do I know thee? George MacDonald puts it this way:

"Few are needed, to do the out-of-the-way tasks which startle the world, and one may be most useful just doing commonplace duties, and leaving the issue with God. And when it is all over, and our feet will run no more, and our hands are helpless, and we have scarcely strength to murmur a last prayer, then we shall see that, instead of needing a larger field, we have left untilled many corners of our single acre, and that none of it is fit for our Master's eyes, were it not for the softening shadow of the cross."

 Blue Bachelor Buttons!

This quote has always moved me as I've read it over the years. It certainly reminds me that I have much to do in my own little sphere of note. 

Three big bucks that came to our backyard morning and evening from July to October.

 

In Look Unto Me: The Devotions of Charles Spurgeon, the September 10 devotion opened with Mark 3:13: "Jesus went up on a mountain side and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him."

"This is an example of God's sovereignty," Spurgeon wrote. "Impatient souls may fret and fume because they are not called to the highest places of ministry, but dear reader, let your heart rejoice that Jesus calls whom He wills. If He asks you to be only ' . . . a doorkeeper in His house,' Psalm 84:10, cheerfully bless Him for His grace in allowing you to do anything in His service."

 The love of a mom!

Yes, my little acre is quite enough to fill my time in living for Jesus. I just need to be faithful. Whatever God has given you to do in your little acre, do it faithfully . . . "then we shall see that, instead of needing a larger field, we have left untilled many corners of our single acre, and that none of it is fit for our Master's eyes, were it not for the softening shadow of the cross."

All service ranks the same with God."

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Always a joy to watch twin fawn!