Goodbye Ordinary

When I chose the title for my blog, 'An Ordinary Life', it came after quite a long time of thinking my life was so ordinary that there was nothing worth blogging about! And in some ways that's still what I think! It might explain why I haven't blogged for months , partly as I still think I have nothing particular to say, and partly because the everyday things of life, working full-time, family activities , church life etc, take up so much time that I don't have much left for it.

But for the last couple of weeks this 'Mercy Me' song has captured my thoughts and just seems to say something about how, despite all the usual stuff we have to do everyday, there can be 'something more':

"Live like there's no tomorrow, love extravagantly, lead a life to be followed, Goodbye ordinary, goodbye ordinary".

It captures what I want my life to be like, I want to make each day count. I want to do my job to the best of my ability, I want to love and invest in my family and friends, I want to serve God, with the gifts He has given me, I want to give generously, I want to break out of the 'ordinary' greed and consumer driven life that is now normal in my culture, I want to be someone who appreciates and encourages others and I want God to lead me continually forwards into new things, out of my comfort zone, into unknown territory which will definitely not be 'ordinary'.

I realise its aspirational, and maybe ambitious, but I do know God is real, He has changed my life and He continues to do that. He has greater things ahead for me , and so I really do want to say 'Goodbye Ordinary' and "Hello" to the abundant extravagant exciting life of the Kingdom!