In today’s scripture, we read about the
first chapter of Jesus’ life. What we can
learn to be relevant to today—other than the obvious beginning of the life of
Christ—is how God takes ordinary people and ordinary events and makes them
extraordinary if we will do our part.
Mary, pregnant with her first child & Joseph, to whom she was engaged,
were in Bethlehem to register when she gave birth to a son and laid him in a
manger because there was no room in the inn. The Shepherds were in the field’s
just doing their job of watching sheep when an angel appeared. All were regular people to which
extraordinary things happened. Mary and
Joseph accepted what God asked of them in becoming parents to Jesus. The shepherds listened to the angel and went
to see the new baby and tell others the story of Jesus.
Not
all of us will be the person that will have the obvious, recorded extraordinary
event happen in our life, but God wants all of us to take the opportunity to
follow His will for our lives. What you
consider ‘ordinary’ may just be ‘extraordinary’ to the person whose life you
touch. God can and will use each of us
if we will let him. Enjoy all that he
has planned for you—ordinary or extraordinary!
Prayer:
Dear God, May I be open to the
plan that you have for my life. Even if
I consider my life ordinary, help me to
realize, that with your help, I will be able to do just what you want me to
do. In Christ’s name, I pray. Amen
Kathy
Snider
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