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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Thursday, February 7, 2019. This is Thursday, February 7th, 2019. This week on the Catholic Sprouts

podcast, we are talking about how we are called to trust Him God's plan, even when it

might not seem like God has a plan, but then we should trust he does. We talked about how we are not

called to the easy life, but we are called to give glory to God in every way and not just seek our own comfort.

We then talked about two amazing saints and how looking at their lives, we can see that they had a profound trust in God, even though in the moment it might have seemed crazy to

trust in God. We talked about St. Agatha, an early Christian martyr, in St. Paul, Japan,

who died in the 1500s and was a seminarian. Today we are going to pause. We have another

amazing saint to look at tomorrow. But today we are going to

talk about how even if we aren't called to do huge things like St. Agatha or St. Paul of Japan,

we can still boldly follow Jesus and live according to his plan in the smallest ways. Now, I really hope that you never have to

live under persecution, as both Agatha and St. Paul of Japan had to. That might happen, but we all

can still demonstrate a willingness to follow God's plan, even in the boring moments of life,

even on the days when nothing big happens. Because I know we've talked about it here before,

but I want you to remember, nothing is small to God. Nothing is too small for him to notice or remember. Now, this goes for the good and

the bad things, but we are going to talk about the good things today. We're saying Agatha did something

big. She made a commitment to give everything to God, and she lost her life for it. St. Paul of Japan made a similar promise.

We can still do small things, and God can use those for his plan as well. So think about these things,

my friends. First of all, no sacrifice is too small to matter. No sacrifice is too small to matter.

Even if it's something super, super small. Like let's say you're having cake at someone's birthday party

and you and your friend reach for the same piece because it's

the biggest. Simply letting your friend have that piece and you take a smaller one, that's a tiny

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