I decided that I wanted to get a blog running before I left to go to Honduras, and I have never written a blog before so I didn’t know where to begin. So, doing what I typically do when met with confusion, I turned to “google”. Things were going smoothly as I began to write my profile, chose a background, and upload a picture, but suddenly I was asked to choose a title for my blog. How do you decide a title for a blog?! After thinking through different options, texting an old roommate to see if the options I had narrowed it down to were too cheesy, and much deliberation I settled with the title “Small Things With Great Love.” Now I love quotes. Some of my favorites come from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Shane Claiborne, CS Lewis, and Rob Bell. These individuals see beauty, where others see only racism and pain. They see hope, where others see a dangerous inner city. The see change, where others only see “systems”. Most importantly, some of these individuals see God in everyone around them and teach others to do the same. Mother Teresa is quoted as saying, “We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.” I leave for Honduras in 8 days, and I hope that the time I spend in Honduras is filled with doing small things with great love.
