because…

  • “four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise” (prov. 30:24)
  1. ants — frail as they are, get plenty of food in for the winter (prov. 30:25)
  2. marmots — vulnerable as they are, manage to arrange for rock-solid homes (prov. 30:26)
  3. locusts — leaderless insects, yet they strip the field like an army regiment (prov. 30:27)
  4. lizards — easy enough to catch, but they sneak past vigilant palace guards (prov. 30:28)
  • faith as small as a mustard seed can move a mountain (matt. 17:20)
  • “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’ On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment.” (1 cor. 12:21-24)
  • “a bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse” (james 3:3)
  • “although [ships] are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go” (james 3:4)
  • “the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts” (james 3:5)
  • “it only takes a spark … to set off a forest fire” (james 3:5)
  • a “little red dot” like singapore has a better economy and lower crime rates than many other larger countries
  • as vulnerable / immature / ignorant as little children may be, they’re still people and their humility is sth we can learn from
  • it was a small golden tap that ‘symbolised’ the corruption in the ‘old’ national kidney foundation
  • someone who seems least important in a press release cld turn out to be the one with the most inspiring / interesting story
  • there is hope in every heartbeat, tiny as it seems (‘beautiful seed’ by corrinne may)

“all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,

all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.”