Now that I am a full time blogger, I have found that the entirety of my full 3 followers and 2 silent followers (aka the technology lacking friends who can't figure out how to follow me) have much to say about my blogging experience. Well that's a lie really. One had an opinion and the other four told me "yeah its good" to make me go away. Bummer. So who was the one with the opinion? Dad.
We were driving along when I told him about my experience today with a turtle. I was driving home from work and I happen to look down in time to realize I had run over a turtle. I immediately stopped my car and looked behind. The shell was just sitting in the street and then slowly a little head popped out. Then came the feet. I looked behind me and started to back up my car. I put my blinkers on and waited for the turtle to cross the street. Not much of an experience but hey it happened. My dad really got excited.
"This is it. This is what is going to set your blog above the rest. "
"What is wrong with my blog?"
"Three followers."
"Oh yeah."
"This is what is going to propel you. Connect it to a biblical reference. This is the type of thing pastor's pray will happen to them so they can share it on Sunday!"
It makes sense. If you ever listen to a pastor on Sunday there always seems to be a story about the great saving of the turtle. The more adorable and tearful the story, the better. That is the type of material that leaves the audience feeling ready to meet the day. Truth be told. I don't have stories like that. I don't have the heart breaking stories that make people want to get up and follow Christ. I am just your average white girl.
You know what though I am not alone in my average ways. Think about it. The bible is riddled with average people going along about their business until a burning bush starts chatting them up.Could it possibly be that average is the new extraordinary? I do not believe that my story about a saving a turtle is going to attract any new readers. What I do believe is that as an average person, I have the ability to do some extraordinary things through God. So to my five followers: stay average and let Christ move you to be extraordinary.
Now that I (one of your technologically challenged followers) has figured out how to comment, I must say that I completely agree. God calls ordinary people out of their ordinary lives to fulfill a calling that only he can make extraordinary.
ReplyDeleteNow therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine. (Exodus 19:5)
By following God and living our lives in his will, we become treasures. And being considered a treasure by an almighty and powerful God such as the one that we serve is definitely extraordinary to me.