“Do you ever just think about Jesus living here on Earth? I think sometimes we tend to think He just bounced from one miracle to another and everyday was a Bible story, but His ministry lasted for three years and the Gospels don’t actually cover that much so imagine all those ordinary days! He probably had favorite foods and mourning routines and sore, dirty feet from walking while sweat ran in His eyes in the hot Judean sun. He got blisters, hiccups, colds, and maybe He snored. Think about all the times He laughed until He cried. I bet He had inside jokes with His disciples. Imagine having an inside joke with the person who gives you breath to laugh in the first place. …
Do you ever think that the ordinary days so far outnumbered the miraculous ones that the disciples, sometimes, almost forgot. And then He goes and turns water into wine and feeds five thousand people from a kid’s lunch and brings dead Lazarus walking alive out of the tomb and they just kind of lose their breath. Not because they didn’t expect deity to accomplish the impossible, but because God has been living with them.” ***
Words don’t come easy for me, but the words from this blog perfectly capture my thoughts on the race. There are so many beautiful, adventurous, I-can’t-believe-this-is-my-life-moments. But there is also so much of the ordinary happening all around me.
Talks about the weather, sharing smiles with strangers, hitting snooze every morning, going to work each day… It’s all intermingled with extraordinary moments like hiking a volcano, watching the sunset from the summit, and roasting marshmallows over the lava. (Case in point: a bird also pooped on me that day).
It’s a beautiful dance between ordinary and extraordinary that makes up our lives—whether you’re traveling the world in 11 months or your travel plans are a 10-minute commute to work and back. The most beautiful part is that the ordinary, yet extraordinary person that is Jesus wants to experience it all with us and give us more than we could ever ask or imagine. He is what makes the ordinary extraordinary.
It’s so easy to overlook no matter what you’re doing with your life. Don’t miss it. I want to forever be caught up in the awe of God living with me and seeing glimpses of the Kingdom in my ordinary life.
***Read the rest of this incredible blog at http://lionhearted1.weebly.com/blog/i-want-an-inside-joke-with-jesus
