Mustard Seed

What is a mustard seed and why is it so important in my life?

God is so awesome, He gives us the delights of our hearts.  Sometimes we don't know what we want and what is good or us, but He is watching from above.

Many years ago, probably as I watched my parents running their own business - not knowing how difficult it was - I thought it would be cool to run my own business and work from home.  Looking back now it would have been extremely hard when the kids were little and God knew that I wouldn't be able to concentrate on what I was doing, but later in life He answered my prayer.  It is awesome being able to work from home (and not worry about snow days :) ).

The awesome thing is that 15 years ago I didn't have the knowledge to do this and God walked me through life so that I could do this.  It took a series of events to teach me the technical things I needed to know before I could do this.  I started out working for lawyers because I wanted to be an executive secretary and then finding a temporary job testing software (how cool - I got to play with software programs all day and tell the developers what things didn't work - talk about a fun job!).  From there I moved to another QA position and even was able to do some management work.  Because of the management work, I learned a lot about ISO processes and audits and process improvement.  Because of that job I was able to get a job working QA for an insurance company.

Then came a couple of miracles in our lives.  My husband became  pastor in a country church and so the drive to work was really long.  I started to look for something closer to home.  I was able to get a job doing some technical writing fora software program, but they wanted it to be a contract position.  After checking into some agencies I decided to start my own company.  I, of course, had to come up with a name for my company.  I settled on Mustard Seed Enterprises.  It comes from the verse in Matthew 17:30.  He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." 

I never thought I would actually get to have my own company and it has developed much more than I thought possible.  I still only have it as a sole proprietorshp, but I have gone from technical writing to doing web research and it is awesome that I get to stay home and work and help my family.  This helps me to support my husband in his work and I have fun. 

God is so awesome!  He loves us so much that He allows us to grow from a small person and grow in our spiritual life.  He works with us to teach us as we go.  As a grain of mustard seed, we grow from a small seed to have the faith to move the mountains in our life out of the way.


May God bless you today!  Allow Him to work in your lives to grow closer to Him and relish in His presence.