{"id":520,"date":"2016-01-11T15:51:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/?p=520"},"modified":"2016-01-11T15:51:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:51:37","slug":"little-big-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/2016\/01\/11\/little-big-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"little BIG gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you have any, “big things come in little packages,” gifts this year? Those are some of my favorite kind of gifts. Sometimes those little (in size) gifts are connected to something much bigger. Like wrapping a small box that contain\u00a0keys to\u00a0a car, or an engagement ring, or wrapping a sonogram picture\u00a0that shows you are going to have a baby in a big box and give it to your two daughters for Christmas. These are small things but involve so much more.<\/p>\n

\"Christmas\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus used the little BIG imagery when He was talking about\u00a0how we should understand the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

Mark 4:30\u201332<\/span> (NET)<\/p>\n

4:30\u00a0<\/sup>He also asked, \u201cTo what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it? 4:31\u00a0<\/sup>It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground\u20144:32\u00a0<\/sup>when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade.\u201d<\/p>\n

This parable tells us about Jesus’ own humble beginnings.\u00a0“can anything good come out of Nazareth,”\u00a0Nathanael asks Philip. “Come and see,” is his simple reply. Today we are still able to see how small beginnings had no bearings on what Jesus would do and become. If anything the obscurity of Jesus’\u00a0birth and\u00a0hometown magnifies who He is and what He has become. As the\u00a0minutia of a mustard seed is dwarfed by the\u00a0resulting tree, so the\u00a0Kingdom of God has not stopped growing. The prophet Daniel interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s dream concluded by saying that the stone which struck the feet of the statue, “became a large mountain that filled the entire earth,”\u00a0Dan 2:35b<\/p>\n

The wild birds that nest in the shade of the expansive tree, isn’t that so descriptive of our salvation in\u00a0Jesus? Not only us but now we\u00a0share in the shade of Salvation with brothers and sisters from among the Kendawangan as well. That makes my heart so so\u00a0glad.<\/p>\n

\"Remembering<\/a>
Remembering Christ’s Arrival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"New<\/a>
New Interest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This past Christmas the believers\u00a0met together for a special remembrance of Jesus’ birth. Instead of the normal 10 people that attend the meeting, it swelled to 40 people. This\u00a0gave an opportunity for the believers to\u00a0be a testimony to\u00a0others in the village who have not attended the teaching meetings. Andrea and I were able to send a special video greeting that they played after the meal.<\/p>\n

We are planning to\u00a0be in Jacksonville for\u00a0all of 2016 and we would really love to share with you the good work of God\u00a0among the\u00a0Kendawangan. Below is our contact information. Please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are looking\u00a0for opportunities to share with you and others God’s little BIG gift.<\/p>\n

\"Contact<\/a>
Contact us!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Grace Sufficient,<\/p>\n

Tim & Andrea Ullum<\/p>\n

tim_ullum@ntm.org<\/p>\n

Tim’s cell: 904-629-7655<\/p>\n

Andrea’s cell: 904-584-5010<\/p>\n

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Did you have any, “big things come in little packages,” gifts this year? Those are some of my favorite kind of gifts. Sometimes those little (in size) gifts are connected to something much bigger. Like wrapping a small box that contain\u00a0keys to\u00a0a car, or an engagement ring, or wrapping a sonogram picture\u00a0that shows you are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448,637],"class_list":{"0":"post-520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-new-tribes-mission","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}