Greatest Story

So I have heard the song by Avalon called "The Greatest Story", but I have never really listened to the words with purpose. I heard the song the other day and I was struck by the message in the words. For those of you who haven't heard it, here's the beginning:

Some days your own resolve is strong
And other days you bend
it's two steps forward, one step back
and a stumble now and then
You wonder if you'll ever really make the difference
you've prayed that you will
Well, I know that prayer will be fulfilled 'cause
Your life woven day by day
is a new design of the glory God displays
on the canvas of creation
Through the poem of history
in the pattern of redemption
running through the tapestry
Your life in christ can be
the greatest story ever told.

My first reaction to this was, Wow, how awesome to think about my life being the greatest story ever told, to have made a difference, a difference I prayed for, a world changing difference. My life mattering to more than just me. I started to think about what big dream would be fullfilled through my life, what big thing God could do through me! It was in that moment of grandiose thought that God spoke clear and loud to me saying, your life is the greatest story ever told because you live that life for me, whether it be being a great mom to your kids or a wife that supports her husband, a good friend to those in your life, or even a good daughter and sister. These are the things that make your life great. They are what make the biggest impact, they are world changing all in themselves. Your life matters to more people than just you, every tear you dry, every scraped knee you kiss, each resume you write, or holiday you host, each person you call, or time you invest, each task you do is world changing to someone even if they don't know it in that moment I do and I see you. Don't get me wrong, God can totally use me to change the world, I might be the next first lady, you never know, but I can't only dream the big dream. I have to remember to relish the small dreams, the little things in life that make up my everyday, because it is those little things that are woven day by day and displays God's glory to those around me. So I choose to continue to dream about the big things, but relish in the "small things" that I get to do each day, because they matter.

Wednesday

I swear it feels like it is perpetually Wednesday! Constantly the middle of the week. Most people say they despise Mondays, but I have to disagree, for me it is Wednesday. I don't mind Monday, getting back into the groove the beginning of a fresh week, no problem, but by the time Wednesday hits it feels like I have been in the grind for days and there are still days ahead before the weekend break. I say we get rid of Wednesday altogether, or make Wednesday a day off mid week. Yes, I know I am dreaming of the unobtainable dream! Most likely people would want to add a day to the week and only have a one day weekend to "increase productivity." Gross. I will press on through Thursday with the promise of a Friday date night with my husband and haircut (hopefully)! As my hair is growing into a mullet practically, it needs to be cut badly. Ugh, but first I have to finish out my Wednesday, and there is a load of laundry calling my name.

Collision

What do you do when two dreams, two worlds collide head on. When one person's thoughts about their life completely differ from yours. When you believe one thing about your life, but someone else living the same life thinks totally different. It feels like a shock of reality. How do you reconcile two lives so irrevocably intertwined that to unravel it would be unbearable, but to leave it the same means someone is unfullfilled. How do you ovecome feelings of regret, hurt, and inferiority to be able to think clearly and make a decision not based on how you feel, but what you know. How . . . the answer, the ability to feel differently escapes me.