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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