mustard seed faith

Matthew 17

14 When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,


15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

16 "I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."

17 And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."

18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?"

20 And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

21 But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.


I didn't realize up until a few days ago I had never seen a mustard seed. When I thought of mustard seed I pictured something similar to the size of an apple seed. The other day my supper contained mustard seed. There, right in front of me was a helpful visualization of the amount of faith Christ talks about here. I am awestruck that such little faith can do so much. How much could we do if we all had faith of a mustard seed?

Seeing mustard seed really opened my eyes and given me new perspective on this passage.

an interview with god (author unknown)

The Interview with God


I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time,” I said.

God smiled.

“My time is eternity.

What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered:

“That they get bored with childhood,

rush to grow up, and then long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money,

and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future they forget the present,

such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”

“That they live as if they will never die,

and die as though they had never lived.”

God's hand took mine,

and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked:

“As a parent,

what are some of life's lessons

you want your children to learn?”

God replied:

“To learn they cannot make anyone love them.

All they can do is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn to forgive

by practicing forgiveness.”

“To learn that it takes only a few seconds

to open profound wounds in those they love,

wounds which can take many years to heal.”

“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,

but one who needs the least.”

“To learn that there are people who love them dearly,

but simply have not yet learned how to express or show

their feelings.”

“To learn that two people can look at the same thing

and see it differently.”

“To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another,

they must also forgive themselves.”

“Thank you for your time,” I said humbly.

“Is there anything else you would like your children to know?”

God smiled and said,

“Just know that I am here. Always.”

– author unknown

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