Cappuccino & Espresso.

Today's Challenge: Do small things with great love

We need to go through winter seasons so we can learn some of the sweetest lessons.

It seems to me in those slow, quiet, sometimes very monotonous seasons of our lives there's all these puzzle pieces floating around of boredom, frustration, maybe depression, and we can so easily forget what's important. We can forget the happy times, the summer months, the bright sunshine, the chirpy birds. We can't live our whole lives in the perfect summer months otherwise we wouldn't appreciate the warmth and sunshine anymore.

If we stay faithful in those slow times, faithful to quiet times, faithful to making time for others, faithful in getting up every morning and doing what we know we need to do, God really blesses us.

We're never the same girl after winter as we were before. 

I'm starting to appreciate the winter seasons just as much as the summers. Paul talks in the Bible about being joyful in ALL circumstances. I may not have some exciting, grand adventurous life or do great things but if I do small things with great love that's enough.

John the Baptist didn't perform great miracles like Jesus but he loved Jesus greatly and that was enough.   

What small thing can you do today with great love?

I surprised my husband with the yummiest Creme Brulee donut ever from Yo Yo's (which I've been talking about for weeks) with a simple love note.

The puzzle pieces floating around during those difficult seasons that don't make sense start to get pieced together and the picture starts coming to life. Spring always comes and God is always faithful to us when we are faithful to Him.

 And a sweet treat of warm Cappuccino and an Espresso donut on a Tuesday afternoon can only boost those quiet days, right?