September 23rd, 2011
Today I've felt a gentle easing--a realization that there is life and joy in the ordinary. Not every day will be spectacular or filled with extraordinary things. Most days will be filled with the ordinary...small things like sitting at a table and sharing a meal with a child, smiles, emails, a few pictures, quick connections--that's all.
We had a welcome ceremony today for the new team that arrived. They always wonder when they come what their purpose here is and God has a way of revealing His purpose...for them this place, these children will transform their thinking about who God is and what He is calling all of us to do...but mostly they are here for the simple, the ordinary...
to give a plastic bag of water
a piece of cheese
a piece of bread
to look a child in the eyes
say "I love you"
to pray and be prayed for
to be a "jungle gym" for a few days
paint a wall
HUG.
that's all but the ordinary will bring such joy to all of us and it will become extraordinary!
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