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Benliked everything big.
Really BIG.
Hewas
naturally oneofthe biggest menyou haveever seen.
Maybe,he
wasasmall GIANT.
Eitherway, Benwas biggerthan everyone, andhe wanted everyoneto knowit.
Hewalked around towntelling everyone howBIGhis lifewas.
First,Ben's bigego demanded thathebe called BIG BEN.
Second, Bendrove the BIGGEST truckin town.
Third,Ben hadthe biggest house.
Perhaps,it wasasmall castle.
Benalso hadthe biggest kids, biggest dog, biggest bank account,
andeven thebiggest beard.
And,where Benlived, bigbeards wereabig deal.
Hereally wasBigBen untilone daywhen hemet someone small.
Actually,he wasso smallthat maybewe shouldsay hewaswee.
Aweelittlemanwashe.
BigBen's belthung higher thanthe weeman's head.
Withabig grin,Big Bensaid,
Well, wee little man, how does it feel to stand next to Big Ben?
Thewee mansimply smiledand gavea slightlaugh.
Thismade BigBen alittle annoyed.
Don't you feel so tiny next to someone so big? saidBigBen.
Nope.
Saidthe
weeman witha greater smileand bigger laugh.
Thismade BigBen MAD.
My beard is bigger than you! Demanded BigBen.
So.
Are you not impressed by my big truck, or big dog, or big house?
Nope. Nope. And, nope. Laughed theweeman.
h y ? Asked Ben.
W
Thelittle mantook ashort breath andwith asmall smile said,
Ihave a BIG GOD.
sighedBen.
oh.
I like being small because it makes my God bigger.
My God made the Big Sky and Big Ocean and Big Seas and Big Mountains and ...
he even made YOU Big Ben.
Thatmade BigBenfeel
very,very small.
The wee man stood tall and said,
Plus, God has a BIG LOVE for me.
I used to have a big job and big name and thought I was a big deal.
Then one day, God choose little me to give his Big Love to.
That was far bigger than all the big things in my life put together.
I'm happy being small with his Big Love.
Bentooka bigbreath and thought aboutwhat theman said.
Allhis bigthings seemed really tiny now.
Maybe being Big isn'ta bigdeal.
Maybehe wouldbe happier beingsmall withGod's Biglove.
I don't feel big enough for God's big Love askedBen.
Good. When you make yourself
there isn't much
BIG
room left for God's Big Love. repliedtheman.
Don't worry about being BIG and then you will find a Big space for
God's Big Love. continued theman.
The little man seemed so BIG.
Benwanted God'sBig Loveand knewwhat todo.
Asmall
smile startedto growon Ben'sface (underhislittlebeard).