Ordinary Life

"In ordinary life we hardly realize
that we receive a great deal more than we give,
and that it is only with gratitude
that life becomes rich."--Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is one of those extraordinary days in my ordinary life. It is a beautiful, hot, sunny day in south Florida. What makes this such an extraordinary day?? THE POLLEN IS ALMOST GONE!! What else do I need to say - I can get outside!!

Sooo, we have spent this extraordinary day cleaning the patio and pool, and potting beautiful flowering plants everywhere, and hanging others! I love this time of year - it is so different here. In the LowCountry of SC, there was always a dramatic move into spring - overnight the color green - bright spring green was everywhere.

Here we just sort of slide from one season to another - marking it more by a date on the calendar than a change in our world. Miss that...then, this evening there is a reunion of sorts - sweet, dear, Christian kindred spirits - friends that we have been in ministry and missions with - that have moved away in the past year to Texas and SC are going to be in town. We are all so excited to be together again, even tho it is for a short time.

When Christ is the very center of friendships like these, there is no real distance with time or space, but the "missing" is still there. So we gather this evening and share laughter, tears and wonderful times together...Thank you God for allowing us this very special time together! Ordinary, NO - extraordinary, YES!! Grateful - YES!!