Our first morning in Nicaragua, we had just finished breakfast and as I was walking across the compound I met a little girl, Sarasha. She was with her Mother, visiting the doctor at the clinic onsite. The first thing she did was confidently offer me one of the two cookies she was eating for breakfast.
Even though she had little (two white oreo like cookies) for her breakfast, she was so readily wanting to share with me.
I accepted her cookie, twisted it and offered half of the cookie back to her, showing her I also wanted to share. We introduced ourselves to each other and then her Mother called her back to the clinic, maybe it was her turn to see the doctor.
This small exchange reminded me that little is much, when God is in it.
God asks me to give freely out of what He has freely given me.
Often times as Westerners, we tend to work hard, get as much as we can and store it up for later use. We have a hard time sharing out of the abundance that we have, let alone sharing when we are having trouble meeting our own needs.
And here, in Nicaragua, which is one of the two poorest countries in the world (Nicaragua and Haiti) a little girl named Sarasha, was willing to share her breakfast with me. Not knowing when she would eat again.
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Check out this song by the Gaither Vocal Band Little is Much When God is In It
