When we think about our lives, it is hard sometimes to rise above the mundane activities that shape and define our days.
Yet, even as we go about routines, our hearts can be lifted to places beyond the immediate.
Our eyes can be opened to more than we see.
Our hearts can be touched by glimmers of God’s grace.
And seemingly ordinary moments become a meeting place between heaven and earth.
God whispers close.
We hear Him and know we are in a Holy encounter.
Even with feet rooted firm to earth.
There is more to our lives than the surface and superficial dictate.
With receptive minds and hearts we can be ready for extraordinary moments in an ordinary day.
Today, I am joining in with Lisa-Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday as we write freely, letting words spill as they will, with no worry about over-thinking, marinading or perfection.
The prompt is:‘Ordinary’
START….
‘No ordinary day’
This is no ordinary day
in some extraordinary way
death is dying…
And because of You we are made brand new
because of Your great Love we’re redeemed, restored,
forgiven, healed, children of God above
because of Your grace we have everything we need
to run with joy this earthly race
Ordinary doesn’t begin to describe who we are anymore
each one unique, special, precious, gifted and adored
ordinary people made extraordinary by Your sacrifice
and our response to how You lay down Your own life
Clouds hung heavy and curtain was torn in two
from top to bottom, signalling our lives
are made certain of spending eternity with You
We have…
hope for today
blessings always
peace beyond measure
Your favour to treasure
We are…
never alone or forsaken
with sin, shame and guilt all taken
by Your death and dying
so we can dry our tears, still our fears
as we rest in all You are supplying
©JoyLenton2013
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Poetry Joy 
Perfectly said, and absolutely beautiful. Thank you for your gift of words this morning.
Thank you, Victoria. So pleased this spoke to you! I am deeply grateful that God gifts me with words to bless others with.
Such beautiful thoughts, Joy. They read like a song rising in praise to Him. Thank you for blessing my day.
Thank you, Sharon. To write an unexpected hymn of praise is a bonus indeed!So pleased my 5 minute offering has blessed you 🙂
Beautiful, as always Joy. I love the way you lead the words into dance.
Thanks very much, Anne. I’m not quite sure how I’ve somehow achieved both hymn of praise and dance with this poem, but I’m really pleased you like it! Blessings 🙂
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Hi Sarah. Thanks very much for stopping by and for linking me up on your site! Blessings 🙂
What a wonderful “no ordinary” write! 🙂 xx We are His children resting in His grace. We are children of the King, we are royalty, heirs to the Kingdom of heaven! The Bride of Christ are no ordinary people! We are chosen, blessed, and humbled.
We “still our fears
as we rest in all” for, He is supplying! Thank you Joy! So blessed by your “5 minute Friday” 🙂 xx
Thanks very much, Kathy. I really appreciate your sweet comment and the eulogy of praise to God which came forth as well! We certainly are “chosen, blessed and humbled” by His grace. Blessed as always by your friendship and encouragement too 🙂 xx
Hi Joy! I read this just after deciding to get busy with the ordinary day of cleaning and laundry ahead of me. Although my chores will be the same, I’m not. Thank you!
Oh, that’s good to hear! Thank you, Joy, for revealing how God has blessed you through these words. Have an extraordinary ordinary day and a wonderful weekend ahead! 🙂 xx
Dear Joy
What a beautiful poem. I don’t know how to explain this, but suffering has this ability to make us experience more of the Lord’s joy and peace! Perhaps it is because He seems to be so much closer when we go through these tough times. Beautiful words, dear friend.
Blessings XX
Mia
Dear Mia, thank you so much for your kind and insightful comment. I think you are right in how you sum up the apparent contradiction of being in a painful place yet able to perceive God’s light and beauty with these words: “suffering has this ability to make us experience more of the Lord’s joy and peace”. Yes, I agree! And we see more of that treasure mined in dark places because the Lord “seems to be so much closer when we go through these tough times”. I really appreciate you taking the time and trouble to visit here today and I hope to pop over to your page again soon to read your lovely FMF post!
This is so beautiful, Joy. Your poetry lifts my spirits and encourages me.
Blessings!
Thank you, Joan! I aim to bless and encourage others with my writing if possible. And I am truly thankful when that happens. Blessings 🙂
What mortal life, for which God Himself sacrificed His own, could ever again be considered ordinary or mundane? Thank you for reminding us of that fact, Joy, and for helping us to be a little more aware of the extraordinary and the exquisite all around us, even perhaps concealed in its “work clothes!”
Absolutely, Neil. You have said it so well. No day can “be considered ordinary or mundane” when God is in it. Though we may have to look carefully to see the “extraordinary and the exquisite all around us, even perhaps concealed in its work clothes”! Thanks very much for sharing your thoughts here.
your humility is nothing ordinary but extraordinary ! Your capacity to engage grace and power in simplicity is fabulous ! Faithfully Debbie
Debbie, your sweet words have touched me deeply. Thank you! God is so good in the way He equips us to do far more than we could hope or imagine. Blessings 🙂 X