Tuesdays: The Extraordinary Mundane
- Bailey
- Jan 13, 2015
- 2 min read
Tuesdays are the generally forgotten, “at least it’s not Monday”, doing-the-laundry, “I’m busy with [home]work” days that pass by almost without notice.
And what a shame.
I’m reading Shauna Niequist‘s Cold Tangerines, and God has taught me wonderful lessons from every page. In response to the premise of this book, I am creating a series of blog posts called “Tuesdays: The Extraordinary Mundane”.
Each post will list four average parts of a Tuesday that I either choose to seek out the excitement in, or that completely catch me off guard with their significance. (To view all of the posts in this category, select the “Tuesdays” tag in the sidebar)
Because I’m not even close to attaining the beauty of Shauna Niequist’s writing, here is the end behind the means of this blog series:
Today is your big moment. Moments, really. The life you’ve been waiting for is happening all around you. The scene unfolding right outside your window is worth more than the most beautiful painting, and the crackers and peanut butter that you’re having for lunch on the coffee table are as profound, in their own way, as the Last Supper. This is it. This is life in all its glory, swirling and unfolding around us, disguised as pedantic, pedestrian non-events. But pull of the mask and you will find your life, waiting to be made, chosen, woven, crafted. Your life, right now, today, is exploding with energy and power and detail and dimension, better than the best movie you have ever seen. You and your family and your friends and your house and your dinner table and your garage have all the makings of a life of epic proportions, a story for the ages. Because they all are. Every life is. You have stories worth telling, memories worth remembering, dreams worth working toward, a body worth feeding, a soul worth tending, and beyond that, the God of the universe dwells within you, the true culmination of super and natural. You are more than dust and bones. You are spirit and power and image of God. And you have been given Today.” -Shauna Niequist Cold Tangerines
