Mountains in the Mundane...

mundane [ˈmʌndeɪn mʌnˈdeɪn]

adj

1. everyday, ordinary, or banal

2. relating to the world or worldly matters

A title that seems fit for my journey lately.  I am slowly learning to overcome in the everyday, the monday syndrome, the day to day, and the ordinary.  Call it whatever you want but for me the secret to overcoming lies not in the momentary highs in life, but in the seemingly lesser pleasures of the daily 'grind'.  We are called to be in the world, but not of the world.  So, to be true to the definition then; relating to the world or worldly matters is important.  The reality is that much of life feels like the 'same old' because we wake up, get ready for work, go to work, come home, get ready for bed and then repeat the process.  Yet what happens from wake to sleep in these simple steps is often taken for granted.  Daily opportunity arise for good to be told, for love to be sown, for beauty to be birthed.  Sure its great to enjoy the occasional highs that come with a 'missions trip', or a great feeling one gets from any number of things.  Yet, I am not content to live for those moments, I want to somehow learn to scale and overcome the Mountains in the mundane.  Learning to live from our hearts fully in the every day is one of the greatest blessings that God could have ever given us.  Jesus himself said that He has come to give life, and life to the abundance!  Wow, what a beautiful reality.  Listening when I awake, drawing near to my Creator through the day, watching for opportunity, speaking truth and love to the downcast, smiling at the cashier in the store, random acts of kindness when no one is looking...these are the things that create mountain top experiences in the day to day.  This blog is really dedicated to this.  A lot will come out of this journey in my own life that will somehow hopefully encourage others in there day to day lives.  I am more convinced now at 35, married with kids, working a 9-5, and trying to love people wherever I go...that I can have true joy and abundant life in the mundane.  Turn your ordinary into an extraordinary opportunity!  Miracles will be seen, lives will be touched, dishes will get done, laundry will be folded.  Somehow they blend together.