In
the little Texas town where I grew up, life was basically ordinary and predictable.
The pastor of our small Baptist church was also the town's plumber and
electrician. As busy as he was, he was available, night or day, when anyone in
this little community of six hundred needed him, regardless of church
affiliation.
A thirty-something professional
business woman lamented how dull, boring, and ordinary her life had become. She
was at the point of becoming bitter because the limitations of her life were so
confining and disappointing. Perhaps in subtle and not-so-subtle ways she came
to expect not only instant gratification, but constant gratification.
Jesus observed
in Matthew 19:24 that it’s “easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." Jesus may
have said this because it takes simple, ordinary faith to find meaning and
purpose in the ordinary life God provides. Yet there is constant gratification in
knowing you're secure in simple, ordinary faith.
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