The disciples went

and did

as Jesus directed them.

        Matthew 21. 6

(Even when it didn't

seem to make sense.

Even when they

   didn't understand.

Even when they didn't

realize the

profound significance

in such a small action.

Responding to God

is never

an insignificant action.

Obedience comes from

the Latin word ob-audire,

which means "to listen

with great attentiveness."

And when we listen

like that, we can't help

      but respond.

And life cannot possibly

    remain the same,

even on the

most ordinary of days.)

O LORD,

You do not shout,

but come to us

with a still small voice,

gentle and loving.

Help us to not just

    seek You,

pay attention,

and hear Your direction,

but to respond to You.

Align our hearts with Yours,

that we would love You

through all we do and say.

Help us to know that

there are

no small obediences.

You build Your strength

     in us in layers.

And if we do not

do the running

in the "little" ways

on the "ordinary" days,

we will do nothing

      in the crisis.