It’s Five Minute Friday! I know I’m participating in a 31 day series, and at the worry of clogging up your in-boxes, I just couldn’t pass up writing on this prompt. I hope you identify with what I have to say today.
If you don’t know what Five Minute Friday is, then just click here for details. The prompt today is the word ordinary.
Ordinary:
Many years ago I thought I wanted more than the typical flow of everyday life. I became tired of the “boring” path my life was taking. But then tragedy struck.
I quickly realized the mundane tasks of each day are beautiful and sufficient for my soul. They were handed to me as part of the make-up of who I am by a creator who doesn’t make mistakes of any kind.
Often we take life for granted because it is what society as a whole promotes. We are never satisfied with our bodies, intelligence levels, spouses, or even children. And forget about material things- we seem to be conditioned to strive for more and more with complete absence of satisfaction.
When I lost my baby daughter to stillbirth and suffered back-to-back miscarriages (with one of them almost costing me my life) and then years of infertility, I realized there is beauty in the ordinary.
Why? Because our lives may seem “ordinary” to us, but they really aren’t at all. They can’t be.
God stamped us for His glory. Our ordinary is His art: It’s His masterpiece of a plan waiting to unfold. And sometimes it’s us who are holding the plan back, because we are striving for more instead of coloring in the lines of who we are meant to be.
As long as my ordinary is God’s, and I’m living fully for Him and who He wants me to be, then friends, I’m loving the ordinary. And guess what? I’m trusting in it as well.
It’s a beautiful adventure meant for only me to live!
Live your ordinary to its fullest, friends! It was designed for you alone…
Have a beautiful weekend!
Love,
Jennifer
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Jennifer, visiting from FMF – “Our ordinary is His art: It’s His masterpiece of a plan waiting to unfold.” Well said. Especially since I read a little about you and your purpose for blogging – This is what I see: strength, encouragement, forged silver, faith, hope, and love. Thank you for sharing your life to help others… Have a wonderful weekend – Janet
Thank you so much, Janet. Your words are a blessing.
🙂 Love it! Thanks for the reminder that the day to day is what makes up a life. Ordinary isn’t bad…it’s super special~my ordinary is MINE! 🙂
Yes, Vickibeth! Exactly! Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend!
“Our ordinary is His art…” Oh My! Yes! I love this!!!
Thank you, Karrilee.
Love this so much Jennifer. It is so easy to take the simplest things for granted until we miss them. Such a reminder to be thankful for all of it.
Thanks, Kimberly. It is a daily choice to remember to be thankful for everything, especially the “ordinary.”
Dear Jennifer
We only have to remind ourselves that each one of us has our own set of fingerprints to remember that each one of us was uniquely created by our Pappa God!
Blessings XX
Mia
Yes, Mia. So true! I hope you are feeling better.
Oh, friend…to endure the heartbreak you have and still be able to see such beauty is an incredible testimony to God’s faithfulness in your life. I love this…and I love how He takes us and uses our ordinary to paint true masterpieces in His eyes. Thank you for these words and your heart. You are a blessing. 🙂
Thank you, Mel. Your words are a blessing. If there is anything I’ve learned, it is that God is faithful in every situation. I’m thankful for His faithfulness inside my “ordinary.” Have a great rest of the weekend, friend!
AMEN! My ordinary is His art! Yes!