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This Blog began with a background thought of – "It’s All In The Math."The shift to “Little Is Much” was to avoid getting into numbers and how they are calculated and factored in to make a declaration of one sort or another. For instance, it was suggested by the Congressional Budget Office in 2001 that by 2012 there would be a $2 trillion dollar surplus. All that suggests with today’s $15 trillion dollar deficit is the GIGO principle, namely, Garbage In – Garbage Out. “Garbage is a colloquial term in data processing for ‘incorrect input’ which will, according to the proverb, inevitably produce faulty output.” This could also have some political bearing with the heated Republican Primary. With less than 5% of the delegates distributed between four candidates at this time, the statement is that due to one candidate winning in Florida means he will be the Republican candidate in November. That may be but another cliché suggests – It Isn’t Over Until It’s Over!

In The Weekly Standard, William Kristol touches on the numbers-factor in an Editorial entitled: “Why February Could Matter.” He suggests: “The Romney-Gingrich slugfest in Florida appears to have produced slightly fewer than 1.7 million voters in this year's primary. That's down by about 12 percent from the 1.94 million who voted in 2008…There's been a fair amount of commentary to the effect February won't matter much--it's a lull, a break in the action, etc. That's not so clear. February will see 187 delegates selected compared with 115 in January's contests. Two dates in particular will matter: February 7, with caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado (40 and 36 delegates, respectively), and a beauty contest primary in Missouri as well; and February 28, with primaries in Michigan and Arizona (30 and 29 delegates).” You see why the numbers-game can become misleading?

If you shift to a Biblical concept of numbers, one can embrace a faith-principle that says: “Little Is Much If God Is In It.” Just two Biblical citations to underscore this principle. Jesus taught His disciples this lesson in Mark 12:41-44, “Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And He called His disciples to Him and said to them…this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on."

Another similar instance is recorded in I Kings 17:8-16 that tells us about The widow of Zarephath. Times were difficult – there was a drought - food and money were in short supply. The text indicates: Elijah “…came…to a widow who was gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. And she said, As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die." Hopeless and helpless – yet she responds to Elijah and gives him what he has requested – all that she had. “Elijah said to her, Do not fear…The Lord, the God of Israel said: The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.” The Widow responded affirmatively and The Lord provided for her and sustained her throughout the drought. When was the last time you employed the faith-principle to trust God in the hard times, the difficult days, the impossible circumstances? Little is much if God is in it!  Consider these things with me!