Have you heard the news? - The We-Wu for October 21-25, 2024

It’s the little things.

A few weeks ago, I shared a photo of the shattered back door. That door has since been fixed. But before it was fixed, the inner glass (it’s double paned) was exposed to the elements. That glass was not cleaned before the outer glass was installed. So now, there’s this film of grime that no one can get to.

It’s the little things.

I had a doctor’s appointment this week. Before the appointment, I was supposed to get blood work. But when I went in to the lab, they said they didn’t have an order. Okay, I show them the paperwork in my account. “It has to be faxed.”

It’s the little things.

There’s a contentious trial taking place in Indiana right now. In 2017, two girls were murdered in Delphi, Indiana. It was big news, but as time went on with no arrests, most people forgot or simply moved on. Then, in 2022, someone was arrested. Despite my interest in true crime, I had shied away from this one for a while. It was too close, too new, and for a hot minute, there was a chance the jury pool would come from my county. (A long shot, yes, but I wanted to be able to truthfully say that I didn’t know much and could form as unbiased an opinion as possible.) The judge (oh, the judge) isn’t allowing cameras in the court, which is a whole story in itself, but I’ve been watching commentary from various people who are in Delphi. And the case is really hinging on these little pieces of evidence, little observations, little mistakes that were made in the investigation. The trial isn’t over, so I haven’t formed a complete opinion yet, but I am definitely leaning a certain way. What I think ultimately doesn’t matter. But it will be twelve people, a little drop in the bucket of the population, who decide one man’s fate.

They say the devil is in the details. I would tend to agree. In one of my prayer letters this year, I urged people to, in fact, sweat the small stuff. Take care of the little things before they become big things. Start small. Do the five minute task now before it becomes a 15 minute task later.

Am I good at this? Heck no! I’m preaching to myself as much as anybody else. But I have to keep reminding myself of these things. As Jesus said, he who is faithful in little will be faithful in much. If you think it’s beneath you to pick up the wrapper someone threw on the ground, why would it be any more worthy to clean up a beach?

I’m rambling a bit, I know. This has just been on my mind a lot lately. I’m trying to pay off some medical debt, rearranging my apartment, and trying to take care of a lot of little things that have been building up. Hindsight is 20/20, you know? I’ll get there. But I wish it didn’t take life experience for people to realize that they can make their future a lot easier by taking care of the little things from the start.

Sorry this isn’t a very uplifting we-wu. It has been an introspective week. My boss is out of the country, so I’m just managing the small stuff (HA!) while we wait for some projects to take off. We had a small group for our weekly prayer time on Monday. I led us through Psalm 34 - taste and see that the Lord is good.

God takes care of the little things. He knows what’s up with the sparrows just as much as he knows what’s up with us. I’m fairly certain he cares a lot more about us than the sparrows. But sparrows don’t just sit around waiting for worms to fall from the sky. (I cannot begin to describe the horror of that scenario.)

Anyway, I’m going to sign off for the day. No suggestions for the outro yet.

Take care of the little things this weekend!