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Saved by the blood of Jesus Christ Yeshuaโฃ๏ธ
๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ โ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌโ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ก
๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
I was a young hippie when I got saved during the โJesus Movementโ of the late 60โs and 70โs. Our former ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ became ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. We were known for being โsold out to Jesusโ, โon fireโ for Christ, challenging and shaking up the institutional church. A lot of good came out of that revival movement. But I mistakenly believed that to really make my life count for the kingdom of God, I had to be radical, and do something extraordinary.
But I have learned that the Word of God calls us to ordinary faithfulness.
Ordinary does not mean ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค or ๐ญ๐ข๐ป๐บ or ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. It means that in everyday life, you love and serve your spouse and the children God has given you. You work hard and honestly for a living. You change diapers, pay bills, mow the lawn, feed the cat, cook dinner, read to the kids, take out the garbage, and care for your aging parents. (1 Timothy 5:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12)
Certainly some of Godโs children are called by Him to do something far-reaching and ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข-ordinaryโฆ but thatโs not most of us. And thatโs okay.
โ๐๐งโ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐กโ
Kermit the Frog sang, ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ. You too may think you blend in with so many other ordinary things, passed over by people. But if you recall, midway through his song, the beloved muppet became aware of the positive side to ordinaryโฆ and in the end, he confidently sings that he's happy to be โgreenโ -- โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ.โ
For all believers who live ordinary, unnoticed, but faithful livesโฆ you are every bit Godโs workmanship as you walk in the good works God has prepared for you. You are His hands and feet. His light is shining through you.
And you are ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.
~ Ruth Brentner
๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
I was a young hippie when I got saved during the โJesus Movementโ of the late 60โs and 70โs. Our former ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ became ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. We were known for being โsold out to Jesusโ, โon fireโ for Christ, challenging and shaking up the institutional church. A lot of good came out of that revival movement. But I mistakenly believed that to really make my life count for the kingdom of God, I had to be radical, and do something extraordinary.
But I have learned that the Word of God calls us to ordinary faithfulness.
Ordinary does not mean ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค or ๐ญ๐ข๐ป๐บ or ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. It means that in everyday life, you love and serve your spouse and the children God has given you. You work hard and honestly for a living. You change diapers, pay bills, mow the lawn, feed the cat, cook dinner, read to the kids, take out the garbage, and care for your aging parents. (1 Timothy 5:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12)
Certainly some of Godโs children are called by Him to do something far-reaching and ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข-ordinaryโฆ but thatโs not most of us. And thatโs okay.
โ๐๐งโ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐กโ
Kermit the Frog sang, ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ. You too may think you blend in with so many other ordinary things, passed over by people. But if you recall, midway through his song, the beloved muppet became aware of the positive side to ordinaryโฆ and in the end, he confidently sings that he's happy to be โgreenโ -- โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ.โ
For all believers who live ordinary, unnoticed, but faithful livesโฆ you are every bit Godโs workmanship as you walk in the good works God has prepared for you. You are His hands and feet. His light is shining through you.
And you are ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.
~ Ruth Brentner
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