Most
people seem destined to lead ordinary lives while others search for the unusual.
Russian novelist Dostoevsky, who wrote Crime and Punishment, remarked that
"all people appear divided into ordinary and extraordinary categories. Ordinary
people usually follow the rule of law while extraordinary people may transgress
the law if compelled to do so."
David, writing in the Psalms,
complained about evil people bringing pain to himself and others but appearing
to escape suffering for their evil deeds. David saw himself as an ordinary
person chosen by God to lead an extraordinary life. However, David suffered
immensely for deviating from God's boundaries.
Balaam,
an unusual Old Testament prophet, searched for the extraordinary life that pushed
him beyond what was acceptable to God. Yet God went after him to pull him back
to the straight way. God sent Jesus to save both the ordinary and the extraordinary
person because safe in the love of Jesus, we are all one.
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