Sometimes I think we try to hard to stand out, make sure our kids are THE best at something, and where does that lead? All the kids I remember from high school that were really good at swimming, taking tests, highest grades, fastest times, best scores for the team... we all end up mostly in the same place. Ordinary families, jobs, lives. And what does that mean for what I want for my kids? Is ordinary ok? I think so. They don't have to have the highest grades, the most friends, the best whatever. We're all just ordinary. Except, we're not actually, because God loves each and every one of us in such and EXTRAordinary way that there's just no way we can settle. God loves us so individually and uniquely. And if we remember that as we go through our ordinary days, we'll become more of what He wants for us. Not ordinary. Maybe not extraordinary in the way the world recognizes, but searching for Him moment by moment. And that's the journey I'm on, and that I hope my kids are on, searching for Him, letting His light and love shine through us. We probably won't ever be famous (its probably better that way, anyway). But He has something for each of us. Let's keep looking for Him and see where He takes us on this ordinary journey.
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3 comments:
So true - I can be ordinary as far as the world standards are concerned because I'm part of a family that is extraordinary - a daughter of the true King
Marissa
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Love this! You are so right. Most of our lives end up "ordinary' under the extraordinary love of our gracius God.
With you on the journey towards light and life and more of Him,
Kristi
"We probably won't ever be famous", but we are loved by a famous God, worthy of all the fame and glory!!
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