When Life Becomes Extraordinary

January 1, 2007

Poetry

Isn’t it amazing when you realize

All your life, your ability to change

To accomplish great things

To find a better life

Has been determined by the tiny space between your ears

The secret hidden within

 

A paradox exists within our minds

They are either the biggest or smallest places on earth

Open to a vastness beyond comprehension

Or closed to anything beyond the tiniest of understandings

But, how, what, when does the paradox flip?

Do we choose it or does it choose us?

 

It happens in an instant

Flashing, pulsing inside of that paradox laden chasm

A new reality strikes us

Life is extraordinary

Possibilities are limitless

Barriers lay strewn before us

Fallen like branches from long dry trees after the winds of change have blown

 

And in that instant, at that moment we get it

God is real

God loves us

God sought us out

We know so little

We are capable of nothing particular

We are small

 

And our routine and ordinary life becomes extraordinary

Nothing is normal, nothing is routine about a life God has touched

Blessings pour out, seeping from every seemingly mundane breath

Days become blank pallets waiting for a Master’s brush stroke

And the only thing that has really changed is that tiny space between our ears

Reality stays the same, God doesn’t change

We do

 

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About Greg

I am the pastor of Duneland Community Church in Chesterton, IN, and if nothing else a persistent writer/blogger, and servant of Jesus Christ

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One Comment on “When Life Becomes Extraordinary”

  1. paperpineapple Says:

    It’s extraordinary when you fly to the other side of the world and find a friend. I did! A girl too. Amazing. Some prayers are answered very quickly. Praise our Everlasting!

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