I’ve hesitated posting anything lately. Why, you ask. Well, it really all boils down to pride. I feel the need to showcase the best of my life and what is taking place in it. I want others to see the highlight reel of the accomplishments and progress that I desperately hope is taking place in and around me. Although on the surface this does sound rather arrogant and vain I challenge you to take a look at your own life or at least those around you and determine if this same addiction to self is not only present but prevalent. One need only to browse social media to realize that most individuals are their own biggest idols and what is even more disconcerting is that very few are even aware of the situation.
With this in the back of my mind I have been trying for some time to think of something worthy to highlight, some accomplishment or revelation and truth be told I feel as though I have come up blank. This is not to say that my life has been filled with hardship and sorrow, quite the opposite in fact, but I will say that life has taken on a mundane flavor as of late. I work, spend time with friends and family as my schedule allows, and fill the remainder with all the other daily demands of life. What I have come to find though is that there is a very unique beauty in what we often time label as “ordinary.” God is still God and his incredible grace is just as evident if we are willing to pay attention. As I am continually being reminded of this I reminisce on Moses, David and even Jesus himself and how there are large portions of their lives that are unknown to me. Unknown, but most definitely not unimportant. God was still working and moving amidst the everyday and what is more, He is not concerned with the the highlights of my life. He is fully aware that even on my best day with my greatest achievements in tow I fall unimaginably short of His perfect standard.
Naturally, this is very sobering news were it not for the incredible free gift of grace. Because of grace I am free to be ordinary. I no longer need to strive to be noticed or paid attention. That is not to say that I don’t struggle with wanting those things, sometimes it seems on a daily basis. However, I am free of the need for those things. Because of the transfer of Christ’s perfection onto me I already have everything that I truly need and all that is left is to live in the freedom that this knowledge brings.
Until next time…
MB
