Ordinary....

Well, I have to say I am absolutely exhausted and not sure how clear any of this will be!

BUT!

Quiet is not my thing!!!

Surprised!?

OH...Yeah, you already knew that, huh?!

Alright! Alright! All kidding and joking aside, I love to talk! I love to hear myself talk! Yeah, I even think I'm something special. And your right on to think...What a jerk!

Not a very pleasant thing to discover about ones self, but like it says in Hebrew 12, discipline may not be pleasant, but a loving Father faithfully prunes away what is dead to bring forth the vibrant life of righteousness! That is something to get excited about!

OK. OK. What does any of this have to do with the title "Ordinary"? I don't know...I was just talking!

No, seriously, I've been so blessed to be reading the blogs posted on the right one of which belongs to Noel Piper. I've been reading her book "Faithful Women and their Extraordinary God".

In the introduction Mrs. Piper explained that she originally planned to the the book "Ordinary Women and their Extraordinary God". That is until a husband complained that he could never give his wife something that insinuated that she was only ordinary!

But I agree with Mrs Piper when she says there is something extremely comforting in knowing that God uses ordinary people to accomplish His extraordinary tasks!

She quotes Jim Elliot as saying "Missionaries are very human folks just trying doing what they're asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody."

And as Mrs. Piper points out, each of the women in her book was an ordinary woman. But these women "...had an extraordinary God who enabled them to do extraordinary things. And He is the same today for us. "Jesus is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8)"

He is the same today....The same God who can take my weakness, frailty, and inability, and work through it for His Ultimate glory!

Oh praise Him!