The Little Things
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Angus Buchan reflects on the significance of small acts and moments in life, emphasizing their impact on our future.
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 19th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Zechariah 4:10: “For who has despised the day of small things?” I read a beautiful reading by an anonymous writer that goes like this: “It is the little words you speak, the little thoughts you think, the little things you do or leave undone, the little moments you waste or use wisely, the little temptations which you yield to or overcome, the little things of everyday that are making or messing up your future life.” Don’t forget the little things. They mean so much, don’t they? When somebody brings you a nice little bunch of flowers, especially if it is a little child, I tell you that it touches my wife’s heart and my heart as well, or something small. I had an old gentleman who used to live on the farm with us with his dear wife. His name was Jimmy. We called him Uncle Jimmy. Uncle Jimmy had a very bad chest, he didn’t sleep a lot at night. He contracted some sickness when he was in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, and he came and retired on our farm and stayed in a little cottage, and do you know…
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