What's So Ordinary About That?~

Ordinary.

So many times

we let this word

define our day.

When the alarm goes off,

we moan as we head into

"just another ordinary day".

As we 

eat breakfast,

maneuver through traffic,

answer emails,

fold laundry,

sit in a waiting room,

pick up the kids from school,

we find ourselves

simply

going through the motions,

doing the next thing on our list,

without ever stopping 

to realize:

each of these moments

are anything but ordinary.

Each moment

is a moment in time

unlike 

any other moment in time.

Each moment,

only a moment,

for that very moment.

Each moment

gone the moment

another moment begins.

Each moment,

unique,

precious, 

God-given

 and 

God-ordained.

Each moment,

a gift.

As I sat in a waiting room

at a doctor's office one day,

I thought about all the

"ordinary" things

I take for granted.

A man in a wheelchair

reminded me how 

anything-but-ordinary

walking is.

A lady on oxygen

reminded me how

anything-but-ordinary

breathing is.

If you stop 

and think about it,

which is exactly 

what I did that day,

you can't help 

but come to the conclusion

that every single moment

of life

is. a. miracle.

Every single moment

of life

is. an. extraordinary. gift.

Every "ordinary" part 

of our day

is anything-but-ordinary,

only we don't take the time

to stop and notice

what we've been given,

what we're able to do,

what our God has granted us

at that very moment in time.

To be a 

living,

breathing,

thinking,

moving,

creating, 

accomplishing,

deciding,

providing,

eating, 

sleeping, 

laughing,

experiencing,

loving

human being

is anything but ordinary.

We are fearfully 

and wonderfully made

and each and every moment

of our life,

graciously and miraculously

given to us.

May we live 

each moment

in awe and appreciation

of both.

~ Stacy