Some of you may find yourselves hung up on that problem of guidance in small things. We all grant that God must guide in the great matters — life-work, marriage, a change in business, a crucial decision. But can you tell me where the little ends, and the large begins? I suppose, quantitatively considered, our greatest concerns are infinitesimal in this gigantic universe: but as a matter of fact, God judges qualitatively, with reference to their place in His Great Plan. And here I do not see how one is to say that this is big and that is small…

Let me say this also: there is a certain pride in thinking that “we” can tell if a thing is large or small beforehand. Personally, I am now content to obey my guidance, and let God decide what is big and what is little.

–Samuel M. Shoemaker, From the book:
The Genius of Fellowship
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