I remember when my mom made bread as a child. The bread went into a bowl and then sat on the fridge for a few hours to rise. It sure didn't look like very much was happening. You could only really tell that it was changing by leaving for an hour and then coming back.
It's not that different from planting seeds. If you plant a seed and then come back to check on it every day, you're probably going to be disappointed. Not much happens every day. But if you come back in a month, or a season, there might be quite the plant in that place.
Faith is like that. God works on a different timetable than we do. God is more patient than we do, and often the ways the Holy Spirit is at work seem small and not very dramatic. But that doesn't mean that God isn't at work. Think about the church -- it's been around for 2,000 years. Every day isn't something dramatic. But every day, God is at work, in the hearts and minds of believers around the world. It's amazing in total, but each little part isn't always going to blow you away on every day. You have to be patient. You have to trust. And look for small ways to grow, each and every day, trusting that small actions add up to a lifetime of faith that looks far different over the scope of 80 years than it does over 10 minutes.
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