Theologian G.K. Chesterton asks us to consider how God might have created daisies. Did He create them all at once with one swoop of His mighty hand? Or did He create them one-by-one, expressing childlike delight in each new flower?
"In the beginning," Chesterton suggests, "God may have created one daisy, and something within Him spontaneously whispered, 'Do it again!'" ...
And daisy Number Two (#2) came into being.
Once again God said, "Do it again!" And there was a third, and then a fourth, and then a fifth daisy. And so, He went on creating daisies. Until after a hundred billion trillion daisies, the great Almighty Creator who spun the galaxies into space and created all the animals, is still creating daisies, and with childlike glee, still saying, "Do it again!"
Similarly, Mother Teresa was once asked, how she was able to accomplish so much good work for the poor...“One by One,” she replied.
Similarly, Mother Teresa was once asked, how she was able to accomplish so much good work for the poor...“One by One,” she replied.
Have you ever noticed how from seemingly insignificant beginnings, things like ideas, dreams, and actual real life movements can grow into fulfillment and a resultant state of awe and wonder?
Indeed, one by one, small steps (often slow and steady) can lead to spectacular outcomes? Kind of like planting and nurturing seeds in the garden of our world. And doing it again and again!
A good case in point: Jesus' proclamation of the Word was less than spectacular. He spoke for a few hours at most before a few hundred people. In His entire ministry He may have been heard by several thousand people at most. His words and deeds were reported in a small Book. In fact, when you remove the duplication of His discourses, there are fewer than 32,000 words of Jesus quoted in the Gospels.
But what are those scant details when compared to the billions of people who have lived and will live on this earth as Christian followers of this humble carpenter who was committed to be crucified on a cross when he was just 33 years of age? It seems like a terribly insignificant beginning, doesn't it? Obviously, there is a huge disproportion between surface appearances and the true significance of an event or a person.
A good case in point: Jesus' proclamation of the Word was less than spectacular. He spoke for a few hours at most before a few hundred people. In His entire ministry He may have been heard by several thousand people at most. His words and deeds were reported in a small Book. In fact, when you remove the duplication of His discourses, there are fewer than 32,000 words of Jesus quoted in the Gospels.
But what are those scant details when compared to the billions of people who have lived and will live on this earth as Christian followers of this humble carpenter who was committed to be crucified on a cross when he was just 33 years of age? It seems like a terribly insignificant beginning, doesn't it? Obviously, there is a huge disproportion between surface appearances and the true significance of an event or a person.
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