There are many stories in the Bible about ordinary people. However, many of those ordinary people were extraordinary because they acknowledged the presence of God in their lives and listened to where he was calling them—even if they didn’t listen right away. God is persistent when we are resistant and he will continue to call you even if you don’t listen. Today is the day, seize the day. I read a movie line from the film Dead Poets Society (1989) "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." How are you living your life?
I am continue this ordinary life of mine in an extraordinary way as I seek to understand what God is calling me to do in this world. For the month of July I am going to work with a ministry at a Church on the Upper West Side in NYC. My first connection with this congregation was when I was in college on a service trip in March 2002, little did I know how my life would be transformed by the connection that was made on that trip—I made two more trips to NYC while in college; always visiting my friends at this church. I returned in 2006 to spend the summer helping with Vacation Bible Camp, brought a youth group there in 2007 and I am now returning for the summer 2010.
I have experienced many life changes in the last year of my life; joys, sadness and challenges galore. I am living in the continued mystery of life, on this earth is where I try to take this ordinary life and let God make it extraordinary. I am here to seize this moment and as part of that I seek to take time each week to reflect on the presence of God in my life and in this world. How can we know the presence of God if we don’t take time to reflect?
I am challenging myself to blog each week as a commitment to myself to truly listen and to reflect on who God is and where God is calling me in this world. I challenge you to find a way to do the same—find a way to take time each week and listen to God and reflect upon His presence in your life. May you seize the day and let God make your life extraordinary, not by what you do but by what God can do through you in this world.
