From time to time I observe a feud among children and if I am the “responsible adult” present I ask the question above.  I get a variety of answers, “He looked at me funny,” “He touched me,” “She laughed at me” etc.  And then I ask, “And you hit him for that?”  Now, perhaps you have not observed such antics for a while but as an eyewitness I can assure you that such catastrophic events are still taking place.  I read the following statement in my preparation for Sunday evening’s Communion message, “Nothing is more natural for a person than to overestimate the severity of his trials.”  So true.  Like the children I observe periodically I can make some small things much larger than they really are.  Pastor Mead just reminded us this past week in a staff meeting, “There are big things and there are small things.”  That may seem too obvious but the reality of that statement needs to be applied to our everyday experience.  There are some things that really are big things.  Do we know what they are and why?  If we get the big things wrong, what will it mean for our evaluation of small things?  The truth is, all things matter but all things do not matter to the same degree.  Our message this week from Acts 5 addresses this theme.  It wouldn’t hurt to think ahead about this question, “What really matters and why?”