“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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