1) It is important for each of us to assess the background noise of our lives that can subtly take over our thoughts, our psyche, our attitudes, and ultimately our actions.  2) Circumstances can be easily misjudged when we are focused on ourselves. Nothing can cure a personal pity party faster than getting to know and serving others.  3) Don’t scoff at small beginnings.  What fruit our testimonies will bear in the future is yet to be determined, but God knows, and it will be all for His glory.