Trust is central to our lives. It shapes our relationships, our beliefs, and our actions. Today’s Gospel encourages us to think about how we measure trust.

“The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.” Luke 16:10

For us at CMMB, Jesus’s words about trust being equal in both small matters and great ones, is a reminder that every act we make in honor of our faith is noteworthy—whether they are grand acts that reach many or singular acts that reach only one. It is our small acts of service, kindness, and faithfulness that reveal what’s in our hearts.

At CMMB, we see this Gospel come alive in the work of people like Eliza, a community health worker in Renk County, South Sudan. Amid the country’s longest cholera outbreak in history, she can’t serve every person in her community. But that doesn’t stop her from trudging through water-logged mud day in and day out to reach families with safe water supplies.

“The community is us, and we must serve them,” she said. “I don’t want to see a child, mother, or elderly person dying of cholera or any other disease related to water when there is a purifier available.”

In the face of massive challenges—cholera, hunger, displacement, and flooding—Eliza’s courage reminds us of something vital: none of us can solve every crisis at once. But each act of service, each life touched, each family helped is a step forward. And together, those steps add up to hope.

September footer 2025