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"The big picture"
 My father seldom handed out advice but what he did share was always invaluable wisdom for life and business. He is deceased but I still hear that wisdom in my head. 
One phrase he would always call me to remember, in all things to focus on the big picture. Don't get sidetracked with unnecessary smaller details.
That one piece of advise has helped me avoid many "bunny trails" that would only derail accomplishing the larger goal. 
What is the big picture? It is the larger context for which something exists. It's the larger purpose, or end game. It's why you do what you do, or why you do not what you might be tempted to do.
My father groomed me to always see the "big picture" when making any decision. It helped me to make sense of the little decisions, in light of a bigger goal.
Romans 12 the Apostle Paul says "in view of God's mercy," then proceeds to give us a sub set of daily life decisions based on a bigger picture, "God's mercy." What is God's mercy? The grace of God we have by faith simply by believing in the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the first 11 chapters Paul eloquently describes everything included in the mercy of God. I encourage you to either read,or listen those chapters being read.
Bottom line, "God's mercy," is wrapped up in a person, Jesus the Son of God. He died sacrificially to fulfill the just demands of God's law, the law written on every heart. Jesus did thus so we could receive God's mercy. The wrath of God fell on Christ so the mercy of God could fall on us.He not only overcame evil with love for us, Jesus rescued us from condemnation under "the Law of Sin and Death" to live without condemnation forevermore under "The Law of the Spirit of Life (Romans 8:1-5).
Focus on the big picture of the awesome, amazing sacrificial love in everything you set your heart, mind, and soul to do.

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