I kept putting one foot in front of the other, but my thoughts? His words had stopped them in their tracks.
Just moments before, I had rushed out the door, this package all wrapped up and in my arms. It was a Bible. And this, a walk from my door to the Post Office, was the first leg of its journey around the world to the Philippines. This Bible will be my little friend Zenia’s first, and she is very excited. I walk along, hoping, praying, that she will always love to read about Jesus. I smile at the thought of my friends, these people a whole world away yet so close to my heart.
I’d have to hurry on my mission, since it was nearly time to do something to turn food into lunch. Crossing the block early, I noticed a man in his front yard doing something with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. I didn’t know him. I started to call out a greeting. His stopped me, spun me.
“Hi Neighbor! Are ya liven’ that dream today?”
There I was, in the middle of a day that seemed so… ordinary. Wonderful, yes, but what did making pizza and paying payroll taxes and walking to the Post Office have to do with living a dream?
And I knew it then, all over again: There’s no such thing as an ordinary day. No, not when Extraordinary God has life-dreams for me.
Dare I say it? Dare I answer him with, “Yes!”? My thoughts chased each other. What is God’s dream for me, anyway? Am I really doing anything to reach it? Today? How am I spending this piece of forever?
And then He reminded me, “Just because My plans for you are to give you hope and a future (Jer. 29:11) doesn’t mean that all those plans are far off in the future. I have a design for your every day. Walk with Me today, and you won’t want to leave Me tomorrow. Let Me fill your days, and you’ll naturally fulfill My dreams.”
Yes. My answer is “Yes!” I called it out to both of them, the stranger and the Lord.
Yes, because today I can serve up the Word, send a smile through the phone line, squeeze a shoulder, say a prayer. The wonder! I can take steps that leave tracks on the other side of the planet. Yes, the miracle of Grace, how He moves in us to accomplish His own plans, how He dreams big dreams for each of us, how He fills our days, our hearts, with Himself.
If Christ is my core, every chore is a glorious project. If He is making my plans, seemingly mundane things can leave eternal marks. I can live His dream today by letting Him live His life in me.
Yes. It’s the happiest way to spend a day—swapping dreams and living His together.
By Shaya Kyle, www.thekylefamily.com
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Charina @ Pondered Thoughts says
Hi Shaya. Yes, there is no such thing as an ordinary day with Him. All we have to do is say yes and let Him fill our heart and hold our hand.
I am originally from the Philippines. So thank you for reaching out!
All good things,
Charina
Shaya says
Yes, Charina… Because a heart filled with Him is whole, healed. And a hand holding His is enabled to do things only He can do. Thank you for your words.
I love the people of the Philippines! May the Word take root in their hearts.
Praying for them,
smiling at Him,
and so thankful for you,
Shaya
Judy Layton says
Thank you Shayna for reminding us how blessed we are each day to be walking with Jesus…..extraordinary!
God bless you,
Judy
Shaya says
Extraordinary God, yes! Thank you Judy. It’s joy to walk with you and Him today.
_He is here._ Praise Him!
Many Blessings,
Shaya
Judy Layton says
Thank you Shayna for reminding us how blessed we are each day to be walking with Jesus…..extraordinary!
God bless you,
Judy
Beth Williams says
Shayla,
Thank you for the reminder–I needed to hear it all today!
“There’s no such thing as an ordinary day. No, not when Extraordinary God has life-dreams for me.”
WOW another God moment here: “And then He reminded me, “Just because My plans for you are to give you hope and a future (Jer. 29:11) doesn’t mean that all those plans are far off in the future. I have a design for your every day. Walk with Me today, and you won’t want to leave Me tomorrow. Let Me fill your days, and you’ll naturally fulfill My dreams.”–Never really thought about it in this manner!
Shaya says
Beth, may God master your moments today.
He’s struck a chord in me that resonates with you, and I’m humbly overjoyed. I needed to hear it all again today too.
Thank you.
Thank YOU, Lord…
All joy in Him,
Shaya
Kathy @ In Quiet Places Devotions says
I am so glad for what God can do with an ordinary day, God and ordinary don’t really fit in the same sentence, do they!
Your post reminds me to be ready for anything today!
Shaya says
Kathy… You are right, so right. When we see only “ordinary,” we’ve lost sight of Him.
I love it–He loves it–this readiness of yours. He will use you today.
Praying for you,
Shaya
Lisa-Jo @thegypsymama says
This made me smile – we all need these kind of reminders, don’t we. Thank you for sharing.
Shaya says
You Lisa-Jo, your smile, may just be the extraordinary to someone else today.
May His blessings abound in you and through you…
Shaya
Lauren says
LOVE this!!!!
Shaya says
Ah, Lauren… Love to hear it!
Praying God’s best for you,
Shaya