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Memoirs of a Mustard Seed

Hello people,
The original content of this post got caught up in cyber traffic and as such is yet to arrive.
So i like gifts and i honestly guess apart from communication, that may be one of my love languages. Due to that fact, words like freely you have received, freely give sound my music to my ears.
But a question that i have a lot of the the time is when really is it enough? where do you draw the line? If there was no order Jesus wouldn't have gathered the overflow of the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. The multiplication was because of the people. But there's a time to scatter and a time to gather (gist for another day).
The morale of the intro is that it is not about the size but the impact. At the point of feeding the multitudes, all the bakeries were not as important as the 5 loaves of bread in the wilderness. Please note that this does not refer to long and large loaves that can get you up to 20 slices of bread. i envisage bun looking loaves because it was a lad's lunch.
Most time when keep our necks outstretched, waiting for the next big break, we keep disregarding the key to the future you desire, the mustard seed.
A wise woman said 'Occupy your space' , your great future is a combination of events, they are links that eventually make up the grand picture. Every where you are at each point in time is a link, make the most of that space. Whether it is a go-between job or a short course you enrolled in, a job you do not really enjoy doing. Make as much from it as you possibly can. It matters in the end. Learn all there is to learn and make that space your own space.
At the end of the day, it is the mustard seed that you plant that brings in the great harvest not the apple seed or the mango seed that you wished you had. The best time is now, the best place is here. The good part is you build other soft skills as you move. So stop waiting for what you do not have, exhaust what you already have.

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