every now and again, theres a question i have to ask myself.

i know i’m not like my brother. its in my brother’s nature to set very high standards for himself. he strives to be the best that he can be. he’s a perfectionist. me? haha i have standards, but my parents would describe me as being perhaps a little too easy going. haha whilst it sometimes is a good thing, and allows me to be content with what i have, i think the insinuation is that perhaps i have a tendency to settle for less. to be complacent.

so i guess thats why i know i have to stop occasionally and ask myself, am i getting too comfortable?

am i getting content with living a comfortable life? am i settling for less? am i living less than an extraordinary life? because anything less than extraordinary is just plain ordinary. its normal, regular, common, average, mundane. haha and if someone were to describe me in one word, i know i wouldn’t be content with any of those synonyms. because I know my God has created me to be so much more than ordinary.

which begs the question: what does it take to live a more than ordinary life? when i think about it, there are a couple of possibilities that come to mind... things like faith, love, joy, peace, humility, patience, gentleness... but ultimately, as always, the answer is Him.

when they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

-Acts 4:13

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