Small Isn’t Less

The other day I found myself apologizing—again—for not doing more.

I was talking to a friend, listing off all the things I meant to get to. The projects I hadn’t launched. The plans I’d shelved. The growth I hadn’t seen.

“I just feel like I should be further along,” I said, trying to laugh it off.

She paused for a moment, and then said softly,

“You know, maybe where you are is exactly where you’re supposed to be.”

Her words landed like a breath of grace.

We’ve Been Trained to Go Big

So much of what we’re taught—by culture, by social media, even by our own inner critic—is that small means not enough. That unless we’re building something visible, viral, or fast-growing, we must be falling behind.

But Jesus never glorified big.

He told stories about mustard seeds, coins lost and found, a single cup of cold water. He watched widows and sparrows. He fed crowds from a child’s lunch.

The Kingdom of God isn’t loud.

It’s faithful.

It’s hidden.

It grows in secret.

It begins in small things.

When I’m Tempted to Minimize My Life

Sometimes I look at my life and feel like it’s too quiet.

Too slow.

Too tucked away.

I make dinner. I fold clothes. I sit at my laptop and try to write words that matter. I pray prayers no one hears but God. I show up in small, ordinary ways and wonder… Is this enough?

But then I remember: sparrows are small, too.

And they are never forgotten.

“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And yet not one of them is forgotten by God.” — Luke 12:6

What If Small Is Sacred?

What if these unseen offerings—the things no one claps for or shares online—are the things that mean the most to God?

What if the quiet work of healing, staying, loving, waiting, hoping…isn’t wasted?

What if the rusted edges of our lives—our worn, simple, faithful steps—are where His grace is building something eternal?

I’m learning not to despise the small.

Not to rush past it.

Not to treat it as a stepping stone to something “better.”

Small isn’t less.

It’s real.

It’s present.

It’s enough.

So today, if your life feels small, I want you to hear this:

You are not behind.

You are not overlooked.

You are not disqualified.

You’re growing slow.

And God is in the slow.

You’re showing up in love.

And love always matters.

You’re steady in the unseen.

And heaven sees it all.

Welcome back to The Rusted Sparrow.

Where grace lives in the small.

— Brianne