Momentology

You might be thinking that I am starting the newest Hollywood fad religion, but nothing could be further from the truth. We tend to live for the big moments, the mountain top experiences. If this is how we live, then we miss out on so much. We miss out on the small, normal, ordinary events of our life. If everything was extraordinary, then nothing would be extraordinary, and to truly appreciate the extraordinary we need milk the ordinary for all its worth. Momentology is making a big deal out of moments one experiences in life, not just the big ones but the ordinary ones as well.

Jim Henderson wrote this in his book a.k.a. “Lost,”

When you can notice God in your own life, it’s easier to recognize Him in someone else’s. If you can make a big deal out of the small stuff in your life, it will be more natural for you to do the same for others.

We live in this world that celebrates the celebrity and believes that unless you are supernaturally gifted you can’t accomplish much. Do you want to know how things get done? They get done because normal, ordinary people do what they normally, ordinarily do. They put in the work, the time, the effort to accomplish the tasks that need to be done.

The beautiful thing is that it isn’t our job to bring people to salvation. God does the saving; we do simple ordinary things to nudge people closer to relationship with Him.

What can you do today? Seize the moments God gives us to be ordinary for Him.

~ by mikefoster on August 31, 2009.