It’s Five Minute Friday again. Today we’re writing about….
Ordinary.
I’m finding myself more ordinary that I ever dreamed I would be. Mom. Wife. Grocery shopper. Laundry wrangler. I can feel it when I’m in public now. That day has come; I’m more concerned about juggling the baby and scrounging for the sippy cup than sucking in my soft stomach and keeping my hair in place.
I’m like so many other women who pass me in their sedans and minivans. Another mom.
Ordinary is precisely how I feel, but I’m finding joy in that. And truth. Because the truth is that the only way for this ordinary life to shine is by divine intervention. From dust I came and to dust I will return, but the Light that illuminates this life is power and glory and redemption.
I’ll take ordinary. Christ will be extraordinary.
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Have a joyful Friday and weekend, friends.
Patty Mejia Burke March 1, 2013 at 8:14 am
I love your post, especially the last line about Christ being EXTRAordinary!
Patty
Cassi March 1, 2013 at 8:18 am
Beautiful words today.
Heather March 1, 2013 at 9:12 pm
I really appreciated this post. Thanks for putting into words how so many of us mothers feel. What’s so extraordinary to me is that God sees you (and me)! He’s mindful of us. He chooses to use the “ordinary” things to bring His kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven. What a blessing to partner with Him in this hey?
Rebecca March 4, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Heather, I love your thoughts on this. In our ordinariness, He chooses us and uses us. Yes, it is a blessing to partner with Him and watch Him turn the ashes into beauty. I love this life He allows us to walk with Him.
Thank you for adding to the conversation!
Cassidy March 3, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Thanks for sharing this. I love being a mom and doing the ordinary things. I think the struggle for me is that our culture doesn’t seem to embrace ordinary. That’s when I remind myself that Jesus was born to the most ordinary of people, in a most humbling way. And I’m in good company.
Rebecca March 4, 2013 at 7:13 pm
Yes, Cassidy! The struggle for me, too, has been that our society doesn’t typically value the ordinary. That’s a difficult belief to overcome, but I think it’s so important for moms (and others as well).
Thanks for dropping by!