IN 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


1-5-17 and 2-25-19