Greatest Story

So I have heard the song by Avalon called "The Greatest Story", but I have never really listened to the words with purpose. I heard the song the other day and I was struck by the message in the words. For those of you who haven't heard it, here's the beginning:

Some days your own resolve is strong
And other days you bend
it's two steps forward, one step back
and a stumble now and then
You wonder if you'll ever really make the difference
you've prayed that you will
Well, I know that prayer will be fulfilled 'cause
Your life woven day by day
is a new design of the glory God displays
on the canvas of creation
Through the poem of history
in the pattern of redemption
running through the tapestry
Your life in christ can be
the greatest story ever told.

My first reaction to this was, Wow, how awesome to think about my life being the greatest story ever told, to have made a difference, a difference I prayed for, a world changing difference. My life mattering to more than just me. I started to think about what big dream would be fullfilled through my life, what big thing God could do through me! It was in that moment of grandiose thought that God spoke clear and loud to me saying, your life is the greatest story ever told because you live that life for me, whether it be being a great mom to your kids or a wife that supports her husband, a good friend to those in your life, or even a good daughter and sister. These are the things that make your life great. They are what make the biggest impact, they are world changing all in themselves. Your life matters to more people than just you, every tear you dry, every scraped knee you kiss, each resume you write, or holiday you host, each person you call, or time you invest, each task you do is world changing to someone even if they don't know it in that moment I do and I see you. Don't get me wrong, God can totally use me to change the world, I might be the next first lady, you never know, but I can't only dream the big dream. I have to remember to relish the small dreams, the little things in life that make up my everyday, because it is those little things that are woven day by day and displays God's glory to those around me. So I choose to continue to dream about the big things, but relish in the "small things" that I get to do each day, because they matter.