Friday, March 1, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Ordinary

Its Five Minute Friday again!

The Game:  Spend 5 minutes writing on a given word. Publish, Share and Link up to others and see what they came up with.

The Host:  Lisa Jo Baker, Tales from a Gypsy Mama  If you've never checked out her site, I encourage you to do so. Its an incredible place of authenticity and truth.

The Word of the Day: Ordinary

My Disclaimer:  I struggled with today's post!  The thoughts that swirled in my mind didn't come out very easily.  And finding 5 uninterrupted minutes has been much harder than it should be today....but that's just an 'ordinary' day around here. :)
 



Ordinary 


Ordinary is in the eye of the beholder.   And when one looks through the lens of the gospel, is there really such a thing as ordinary?


She was an ordinary girl with an ordinary pregnancy birthed the King.


His 2 hands, ordinary and worn from the work of a carpenter, were pierced for our transgressions.


It was an ordinary tomb, with an ordinary rock, that was rolled away to reveal an ordinary empty room.  


This living room painted an ordinary beige has held laughter and love within its walls.  On its stained carpets have I have sat with girls and sought His face through his Word and prayer.


My days full of ordinary tasks of laundry, cooking, cleaning, parenting are days full of moments for teaching, for seeing his glory, his faithfulness.


Because of the Gospel all the ordinary is simply extraordinary in Him.


3 comments:

  1. I agree- it is in the eye of the beholder that ordinary turns extraordinary! Visiting from Lisajo- and also a mama to 3 lively girls! Happy friday!

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  2. I love this! Thinking about the ordinary in our lives and how Jesus takes ordinary and creates beauty and miracles. Things don't start out extraordinary. Something has to happen to them that sets them apart. Thankful Jesus has done this for us! We are all extraordinary because of Him.

    Christy @ A Heartening Life
    www.ahearteninglife.com

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  3. I love this! You write so beautiful. And just so u know, I miss your face!

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