Day Six: The Little Things
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. –Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, once said, “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” The Bible also speaks of the importance of the little things. Our days are filled with the tedious and mundane. This impacts our marriages. We must take joy in the little things, if not we will be distracted by constantly aspiring for greener pastures and more exciting things. Ecclesiastes 6 tells us that it is a grace to be able to enjoy the mundane of life, but it doesn’t tell us how. Jesus rescues us from the meaninglessness of life under the sun and infuses even the little things with meaning and purpose. Let us pray today that God will give us grace in our marriages and in our lives to enjoy the little things.
Father, we know that it is only through your Son that we are able to enjoy the little things. It is a great evil for us not to enjoy this life that you have given us. You have given us many of the desires of our hearts. We pray that you will also give us the grace to enjoy these things. Capture our hearts with deep delight in the simple things. Open our eyes to the little things in our marriage, and cause our joy to be contagious and point others to Jesus.
