Comments on: Understanding Small Hard Things

by: Jacob

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:13:14 +0000

Hey I was just at the conference today it was great!You guys are great speakers thanks for sharing your Knowledge on REBELING against low expectations!!!!!!

by: RAYMOND WATSON

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:03:58 +0000

Do both…the large and the small things, the hard things and the easy things. Our God is so awesome, not any attempt to follow His example goes without His notice. He is so kind and thoughtful and loving and full of mercy and grace.

He wants our attention, then He wants us to follow after Him, to be conformed to His ways. His ways are always right. He is so righteous ! In Him is NO variableness, no shadow of turning. He is right on.

There is no other right and perfect example but God, who moves on the hearts of Alex and Brett and you and Tim and all the others.

Let every teen determine to follow, and in following God, you will lead others to paths of righteousness where the Lord walks uprightly, no shadow of turning !

by: Hope Road » Doing Small Hard Things

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:12:45 +0000

[…] I like The Rebelution and the Harris’ brothers “teenage rebellion against low expectations,” and something I particularly like about their mission is that they focus on the importance of small hard things. In a recent entry, they discuss this issue again with a quotation from young blogger Tim Sweetman: Many young Christians long for Christian “stardom,” desiring to do “big things” for God, and are often in sin when pride is the catalyst for their desire to be on that stage, literal or figurative. […]

by: kaitlyn

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:07:33 +0000

hi my name is kaitlyn and i can not tell you how grateful i am that you guys are starting this movement…or have started this movement. i am like probably the millions of people who read these blogs when i say that i get the whole idea of rebelling against low expectations.i have big ideas and thoughts but sometime im just not sure to go about them. i have no exciting story to tell like Kris and many others did… i just wanted to say that i would love to help you guys in your rebelution doing whatever. im available to do anything. i just was not sure how to get in touch with you guys so i figured i would just post a blog, so if at all possible, if you even have time it would be greatly apreciated if you would email me. thank you so much once again.

by: Kris

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:02:03 +0000

I guess I’m still new to the Harris’ book, Do Hard Things, as well as this blog. However, I can say that there was one person, long ago, whose name was St. Therese of Lisieux. She is called the Little Flower because she, in her own words, walked the “little way”. She did everything for God, but the little, mundane things that no one would really notice. She wanted to be noticed by God and not men. She worshiped Him and offered up suffering to Him, every little thing was shared with Him. She joined an order of Carmelite nuns at a very young age and died of tuberculosis, still young (I believe she was still in her twenties). I didn’t take a lot of time to research this comment, but even if the age she was is incorrect, her story is. She wrote a book called The Story of a Soul.

by: Calvin

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:18:48 +0000

This post reminded me that I need to do small hard things diligently without expecting more responsibility in return.

by: Gabby

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:16:43 +0000

So hi Brett, it is me, taking your advice and reading this blog and I agree one hundred percent with this post. I appreciate the time you took to show me this part of your message. Thank you!
Gabby

by: Noelle

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:56:28 +0000

God’s timing is really amazing. I’m not often on the website, but today I saw the article about doing small hard things. Your illustration really struck me, not only because it is a great analogy, but also because it is something I’ve been learning for about 6 months. The thing that encouraged me the most was that just this week, while on a trip, I felt like God was telling me, “just be faithful in the little things, Noelle.” To read this today was an encouragement and confirmation. I’ve been in a time of waiting, not sure what comes next, and sometimes I want to know and jump into some big thing. God is teaching me to rest in Him and take one day at a time, being faithful to do the little things He has shown me, instead of always looking for something else.
Thanks! I’m going to share this principle with others I know.

by: MacKenzie

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:03:29 +0000

Wow! This is truly amazing. I never thought about it that way. I always thought that if you did the small hard things than God would give you bigger hard things. But now I think I am stating to understand that it’s ok to not be noticed by the world. I think staying faithful in the small things is what God is trying to tell me to do. I just finished reading the do small hard things in your book, and I think this is where I am at.

That would be my sister Caitlin. She has been faithful in the small hard things around the house, for years. Caitlin is very diligent in the things that God has placed in front of her, even when she is going through tough times. Most of the time she is cheerful about it to. And God is starting to give her bigger things to do. I really admire her faith and her faithfulness to the Lord. She is one of my best friends that I can go to if I am struggling with something. I want to strive after the Lord as she does.

Thank you for following the Lord’s voice and making this blog, and the book.

your sister in Christ
~MacKenzie~

by: If I Stand « Maidenoftheroses’s Weblog

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:33:11 +0000

[…] June 25, 2008 by maidenoftheroses Alex and Brett (Joshua’s brothers) Harris’ Rebelution site has a great article on doing small hard things, being faithful in that which is least, and enduring whatever daily life brings our way, for the glory of God. Check it out: http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2008/06/understanding-small-hard-things-2/ […]