What will you do with the mundane days of life?
I first read this saying on a blog that I read from author Kara Tippets. She posed this question to her readers. It's an important one.
Our lives are made up of mundane days. We have ordinary days more than we have the mountaintops and valleys.
Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias said, "I would rather 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special!"
Now I understand where she was coming from. We've had to make decisions about quality not quantity issues with my illness. But that is not what I'm addressing in this blog. I'm addressing that the mundane days... the ordinary days are what make up a lifetime.
What will we do with the mundane days of life? Everyday we have a choice whether we are going to be content, joyful, thankful, bitter, or angry? You see..... these choices are deciding factors in how we will respond to the big events in our lives. To the hards that will come..... to the awesome times of rejoicing and celebrating.
Now am I saying this is a walk in the park? A piece of cake? Absolutely NOT!!!! But it brings a peace that will be incredible!!!
The only way this peace is possible is through the Lord Jesus Christ. When we trust in HIM as our Savior. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved!" Acts 16:31.
That is what makes it possible to have the mundane days count because I can tell you now that I can't do it in my own strength. I've tried..... and failed EVERY-TIME.
So what will you choose? How will you choose to spend your mundane days? Time goes so very quickly. We never know what will come. We never know when our life will be done. What memory/testimony do you want to leave when you are gone? Life goes so quickly. Days can drag by.... but the sum of our days go quickly.
I am praying for all of us to choose Jesus. To choose for our mundane days of life to be spent well.
"I get to receive my story, and she gets to receive hers. We both get to see breathtaking grace that meets us in our stories, stories that are different. That's the deal." ~Kara Tippetts~
All of our stories are different. All of our stories are beautiful. Come with me out on the dock of life, lift up your hands, and let's be thankful together, support one another, and encourage each other as we walk through this life. Let's build community together, through Jesus's strength for each other.
~Anne~
