{"id":4802,"date":"2017-02-03T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=4802"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:02:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T07:02:53","slug":"into-the-small-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/into-the-small-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Small Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4805\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-1\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4806 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-2\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The world tells us that what matters most is the grand, the visible, the powerful. But Jesus speaks of children, mustard seeds and yeast (an organism so small it\u2019s invisible to the naked eye!). His language is not power and greatness, but meekness, humility and smallness.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4808\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-3\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are we willing to walk into the small places, where breakfast needs serving and high chairs need cleaning and the baby is <em>always <\/em>insisting on knocking the hat basket onto the floor? Where the highlights of the day are blanket forts and kitchen dance parties and a cardboard box? There are no accolades here and few mountaintop moments. The hidden life of a mother is often small, unseen and seemingly inconsequential, and yet Jesus makes it clear that those are the perfect conditions to thrive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4809\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-4\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4810\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-5-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-5\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4811\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-6-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-6\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4812\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-7-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-7\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4813\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-8-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-8\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4814\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-9-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-9\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4815\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-10-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-10\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4816\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-11-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-11\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4817\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-12-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-12\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4818\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-13-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-13\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4819\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/into-the-small-places-14-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"into-the-small-places-14\" width=\"882\" height=\"587\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3255\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.hellodearest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/NoelMillerBio_image_small.jpg?resize=125%2C165\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.hellodearest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/NoelMillerBio_image_small.jpg?resize=100%2C132 100w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.hellodearest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/NoelMillerBio_image_small.jpg?w=125 125w\" alt=\"NoelMillerBio_image_small\" width=\"125\" height=\"165\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Noel Miller is a stay-at-home mother, writer and photographer. She was born and raised in Chicagoland where she lives with her husband and their three little ones (ages baby to five). She writes about faith, family, and home at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theologyofpie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.theologyofpie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world tells us that what matters most is the grand, the visible, the powerful. But Jesus speaks of children, mustard seeds and yeast (an organism so small it\u2019s invisible to the naked eye!). His language is not power and greatness, but meekness, humility and smallness. 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