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Purpose in the Mundane

Happy February! When I first sat down to write this blog I was going to write about something completely different, but God had other plans. As I began to write about a song I’ve been worshipping to for the past few days, I just knew God was urging me to write about something else. This is what He’s been teaching me lately and is still teaching me everyday.

 

The waiting. The mundane. The everyday. All Things Jesus is teaching me to appreciate. These days I’m doing a lot of sitting around and waiting. Graduation is right around the corner, and I’m in the final stretch of school. There are so many great things planned for the next few months, but everyday I catch myself taking the smallest things for granted. I easily forget to be wholeheartedly engaged in conversation with friends. I miss opportunities to talk about Jesus. I so often let myself get distracted by my thoughts and feelings that I forget to invite Jesus in and let Him help me unpack what I’m thinking and feeling. I find myself longing for the future days of ministry in foreign countries that I miss ministry to be done right now. 

Oh, how I’m thankful for the Lord’s unending grace. His grace that surpasses understanding. Praise Jesus that His mercies are new every morning and that tomorrow I can wake up and live my life to the full. I can live to the fullest–not that I will do the most amazing things or experience the greatest adventures, but I can wake up and choose to be in every moment with the Father. That is living life to the fullest. Choosing to focus on Jesus and centering my day around Him. Cherishing those little moments with the people I love, knowing these days will soon be gone.

I’m learning to rest in the mundane of the everyday because there are so many little moments I’m missing. While the days may be long, I know the weeks are short and soon these days will just be a small memory. I want to take captive small moments and remember them, and I want to rest in the truth that Jesus has purpose in this season of waiting. I rest knowing while there is so much good coming, there is also so much good right now. 

Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” This is what I want my waiting to be filled with. I want each day to be one of purpose, one of joy, one of hope. Why? Because my days on this earth are numbered and there is so much desperation and brokenness throughout the world. The world cries out for hope, and as a follower of Christ, It is my job, my honor to share the hope of Jesus. So, the mundane of the everyday, may not be so mundane after all. This mundane may actually be filled with the Lord’s loving-kindness, His indescribable joy, and His unmatchable goodness. 

This is my prayer for not only tomorrow morning, but for every morning after: 

“Father, thank you for your new mercies this morning. Help me to focus on you today. Help me to rest in your love and truth. May I live this day to seek you and bring glory to you. Lord, reveal to me the little moments you so often use to teach me. Make this ordinary day an extraordinary one because of your beautiful grace and unconditional love. Jesus, shape and mold me today, and help me to become more like you. Love, your daughter”

 

Hope this was encouraging to those of you who may be in similar situations. Be encouraged today, knowing that there is most definitely purpose in the waiting. God’s plan is so much bigger than any of us can see, and I don’t know about you, but I’m so thankful for how God intentionally and uniquely unfolds His purpose for all of us.

All the love, 

-Haley Kretz