“Extraordinarily Ordinary”
Sunday, January 20, 2019
“The
power of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by
his ordinary doing.
—Blaise Pascal”
How is my ordinary doing doing today? That is a question that I need to ask many times during the day. And I need to reply as honestly as I possibly can.
God will not judge me my extraordinary doings, but by my mundane trust in God, and tasks done for God and others.
Too often, I despise the little deeds, willfully forgetting that almost all of life is comprised of little deeds. If I despise the little moments and the little things, I am despising most of life. And to despise life is to despise the God who gives life.
Do I even know what is big or little or medium-sized? I doubt it very seriously.
So, right here and right now, I pledge myself to God, to myself, and to this day as follows: Today, by God’s grace, I will do ordinary things with extraordinary attention and love. Whether I am shoveling snow off the drive, grading papers, conversing with my sweetheart, or playing with our little dog, I will do my best to do my best with the ordinary.
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