Everydayness

Published by christi on July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

No, I am not dead.

I have, however, been buried! Directing the drama portion of our church’s vacation Bible school meant two weeks of 14-hour days, then another week of 10 hour days, followed in less than a week by a long-weekend camping trip with a dozen teens. Whew!

Great excuse, right?

The truth is that I was waiting for something significant to say. I wanted to write something important, impactful. I had nothing. Just the report of lots of slogging through paint and greasepaint, staples and stepladders. I waited to write until I had something more to say than: “Yup. Still following Jesus.”

But this blog is not supposed to be the weekly revelation of some reason for others to say, “Ooooh. Aaaaah.” Its initial and continuing purpose is to share what it is to follow Jesus in the places that don’t feel significant or important, or groundbreaking…you know, the everyday.

Things like:  Which orange marmalade recipe should I use?

How many quarts of orange sections should I can this year?

Here come the figs! Oh, dear! How would You like me to preserve them? Or maybe just share them…

These are the everyday things that are part of following Jesus, because every part of every day is important to Him! (I can hear some of you sputtering already. But, but, but…) Yes. The same Jesus who tells us that the Heavenly Father knows how many hairs you have on your head cares about the everyday things. All the everyday things. He’s been through all the everyday things and knows just what we need to get through those things in the required number of pieces.

And here’s the thing I have been wrestling with in the everyday aches and pains, irritations and annoyances:  it is His love that sends those things our way.

He furnishes each day with just the right combination of “ughs” and “aahs,” “ouches” and “mmms” to make us look a little more like Jesus. Isn’t that the point of

Following Jesus every day in the everyday?

Christi