The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Thursday night as I was buying every can of pumpkin the grocery had to offer, I walked out of the store into a mystical setting. Outside my ordinary grocery with 50 pounds of canned pumpkin in my hands, I was transported to another realm. The sky was encased with a pink glow and wispy clouds as the sun was setting. I stopped and actually exclaimed, "Wow the heavens declare your glory". The guy behind me stopped short of bumping into me and took a moment to stand in awe too.

I started driving through my neighborhood with my eyes darting all around the horizon just taking in the serenity. Then in the eastern sky I saw this huge, clear, bright full moon rising. My immediate response was to start clapping. There I am alone in my car with cans of pumpkin rolling around the floorboard and I'm clapping at the sight of the breath taking full moon rising in a pink glow. Unbelievable majesty.

Isaiah says that the mountains and hills will burst into song before God and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Jesus says that if we don't testify about Him that the very rocks of the temple will cry out and Paul stated that since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities (eternal power - divine nature) have been clearly seen through nature.

Every morning I stand at my kitchen sink and sip my coffee while watching the sunrise. I remember afresh how His mercies are new everyday. But as the day progresses and I am stuck in traffic late for a meeting, or discussing immense pain someone is experiencing, or resolving conflict with people, I forget to clap at His majesty. I forget to take in the pink glow and the fact that He has me incased no matter what is happening. As I walk in and out of ordinary circumstances doing ordinary things, I forget that there is an extraordinary realm at work around me/us. I forget that those cans of pumpkin are connected to this earth He created and will sustain our bodies for His glory and facilitate the fellowship that he created us for. So today as I walk through my day doing ordinary things, I am going to remember to clap my hands at the ordinary, understanding he has an extraordinary plan at work through it all.