Just An Ordinary Man Forced to Do Extra-Ordinary Things…….

Let me know.  Do I still have time to grow?  Things aint always set in stone. 

Seems like streetlights, glowing, happened to be just like moments passing in front of me so I hopped in the cab and I paid my fare. 

See I know my destination, but I’m just not there. 

                                    – Kanye West “Streetlights”

Sometimes I wish I was extraordinary.  Wait, let me rephrase that…….I consistently wish I was extraordinary.  Who doesn’t want to be? 

Extraordinary people make it.

Extraordinary people do things others can’t.

Extraordinary people make others look ordinary.

Extraordinary people make a difference.

Extraordinary people create change.

Extraordinary people lead others. 

I want to be extraordinary and do extraordinary things, but I am beginning to learn that we need not be extraordinary to do extraordinary things.  I just need to be myself and put myself in positions that let God to extraordinary things through me.

I have this new friend and his name is Rob.  I met Rob last wednesday when we had the opportunity to share a meal together.  Rob is a recovering addict, but for me that is not what defines Rob.  Rob is incredibly articulate in his thoughts and speech.  I’m talking profound thoughts in every breath! 

Oh how I long to be that articulate. 

Rob and I have begun to get to know eachother a little bit over the last week.  I gave Rob my number and told him that if he needed a friend I was here. 

Here in North Carolina it has been raining a lot.  It literally poured for like two days straight last week. 

Friday I got a call from Rob.  He said that he was at his Psychiatrist’s office and was soaked.  He said he needed a chance to regroup after being out on the streets for a month.  So, I offered to put him up in a hotel for the night.  That way he could get a warm shower, a good nights rest and give his clothes a chance to dry.  As I met him at the hotel he told me that he had a Job interview on Monday and by that point I was already in “extraordinary mode.”  Can you blame me?  I want to help Rob, but this was my downfall.  I told Rob I would help him out on Saturday to get ready for his interview, but I missed his call.  I had no way to get back to him……….

My extraordinary plan failed and ever since Saturday I have been constantly praying for Rob.  I really hope I see him soon and I hope that he gets the Job on Monday. 

This has been a hard last couple of days, but I have learned something very important through my thoughts and prayers.  We are not meant to be extraordinary people.  God intends us to be ordinary.  We need to be ordinary people so that God can use us to do extraordinary things. 

To Let go and Let God is to allow God to create possibilities that we can not even imagine. 

I had a friend tell me yesterday that “We’re broken, clueless, and really don’t even know what we believe, but in some weird way we are doing it……..we are actually doing it.”

I just need to be that ordinary man that allows God to work in ways that are beyond extraordinary…..

I hope I see Rob soon.