Are you ordinary or extraordinary?

Regardless of your role, be it mother or father, architect or ditch digger, do you sometimes feel as though it's not enough? That you are ordinary, you don't make a difference? Questions come into your mind...am I invisible? Am I ordinary? Does what I do really matter?

Is it what you do, how you do it, or in what spirit you do it in that makes the difference?
For example: You are a movie ticket collector. You stand at the gate and collect ticket stubs from people as they enter the theatre. What can change this from an ordinary job to an extraordinary one?
The spirit in which you 'do' your job. Yes, spirit.
Are you glad in what you do? Grateful for the opportunity to not only collect a paycheck, but also to greet each patron? Are you seen with a frown or a smile? Glum or gladness? Are your words light-hearted or disgruntled?

If at the heart of what we do, our day to day jobs or careers, is about us, then we are ordinary.
If what we do is done in complete dependence upon the Father, it will be extraordinary.

Colossians 1:29                                             The Message (MSG)

^26-29This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it's out in the open. God wanted everyone, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God's glory. It's that simple. That is the substance of our Message. We preach Christ, warning people not to add to the Message. We teach in a spirit of profound common sense so that we can bring each person to maturity. To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That's what I'm working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me.