It does require the supernatural grace of God

to live twenty-four hours in every day as a saint,

to go through drudgery as a disciple,

 to live an ordinary,

unobserved,

ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus.

It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God;

but we do not.

We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things,

to be holy in mean streets, among mean people,

and this is not learned in five minutes.

Oswald Chambers

"To live an ordinary, unobserved, ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus . . ." This expresses the challenge for a great many disciples. I am not 'special' in needing to live this way.

How many people are at home with children and babies living 'unobserved' lives? How many are sick or living alone? How many people are forced into a job that is mundane and boring and apparently unimportant? How many have missed out on an opportunity to use their creativity? How many are trapped in difficult loveless relationships? the list goes on, and we haven't even considered those imprisoned or rejected by family, or in poverty in the persecuted church around the world.

There are many who face the challenge to 'live an ordinary, unobservered, ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus.'

This is 'everyday theology', the sense that ordinary everyday people and our everyday contexts are where we display what our theology really means. It is where belief meets daily habit. It's all about life - real life, daily tasks, drudgery, and routine, being just as significant as the great noteworthy and public moments.

from  REMEMBER... the things that matter most when hope is hard to find 

by Rhonda Watson