THE SMALL AND IN THE ORDINARY MOMENTS TOO

IN THE SMALL AND IN THE ORDINARY MOMENTS TOO We have THANKSGIVING In the rear view mirror Christmas and New YEARS too While these are great holidays And MIRACULOUS religious holidays too We must REMEMBER That OUR GOD is in the routine The ORDINARY DAYS of our life And in The SMALL things too “WE receive from him Whatever we ask Because we keep his commandments And do whatever pleases him” 1 John 3:22 Are you ready To go back to school? To go back to work? Are you ready to get back To the routine and to the ordinary? It's easy to lose sight That that is really and truly WHERE GOD IS But we must REMEMBER THAT=if We remember anything at all After all-90-95% of us Are ORDINARY By the standards Of this world Yet we are ALL EXTRAORDINARY creatures In the eyes of God- To be valued and LOVED For who we truly are “WHEN they saw The COURAGE of Peter and John And realized That they were unschooled ORDINARY men They were astonished And they took note That these men Had been with Jesus” Acts 4:13 What made the apostles Extraordinary=SPECIAL Was their relationship with God Their relationship with Jesus We too Are ordinary men and women But what makes us SPECIAL- HIS BELIEVERS of today- Are our relationships With God and Jesus “God did EXTRAORDINARY miracles Through Paul........” Acts 19:11 Why Paul? Because he had great faith And God will use us To perform great miracles THROUGH our routine-ordinary lives Why-because we have GREAT FAITH too You can ONLY change The large picture in the world After day-by-day efforts Of trying and changing the SMALL picture GIVING OTHERS the courage And the faith That they can Make a difference In their own Small corner of the world You have to PROVE yourself To God In the small things BEFORE you will be Entrusted with the large “When he comes He will PROVE the world To be in the wrong About sin-and righteousness- And judgment........” John 16:8 “But wisdom Is proven RIGHT by her deeds” Matthew 19:11 And so As we go back To our routines-to the ordinary Let us grow CLOSER To God and Jesus In our own small corner Of the world And remember That change has no season- No calendar Let us all go gently Into reality in 2016 And CHANGE THE WORLD Through the ORDINARY- AND THE SMALL TOO Robert P. Wallman 1-4-16 INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Melanie Rigney SAINT THERESA-THE LITTLE FLOWER-is the Saint of the ordinary and the small in today's world as the co-saint of the missions-along with SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER