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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Joyfully Ordinary



           Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  It’ll make your ordinary day become a little less “ordinary”.

            Why do we think “ordinary” is always a negative?  It certain doesn’t have to be!  If we approach life with an attitude of gratitude, we can thank God for the ordinary days.  Ask anyone who has been at the hospital bedside of a sick loved one, not knowing the outcome.  What they’d give for an “ordinary day” at home with no sickness or health concerns.

            And what about that person who has just lost his job; he is devastated. He’s anxious about how he will be able to pay his bills and support his family. He would go back to an “ordinary day” on the job in a split second!

            Then, there are those who have had their lives changed in a moment by a tragic accident. Don’t you know that they would give anything to go back to the “ordinary days” when all was well and they were together doing ordinary things!

             The devout 17th century Brother Lawrence entered the monastery knowing that he hated kitchen work, but when he received his work assignment, he found himself cooking meals and washing pots and pans on permanent KP. Over time, the ordinary and endless cycle of meal preparation and clean up took on an extraordinary dimension. In the book The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence is quoted to have said, ‘The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees…at worship.’ ”

       Enjoy this “ordinary day” to the fullest and find the joy of the Lord…maybe, even in the kitchen sink!  



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