The Divine Ordinary- Searching for God in Every Day Life

Errands. Groceries. Menus. Work. Diapers. Laundry... the list goes on. If you've ever looked at your life and thought, "Where is God in the midst of this ordinary stuff?"-You're not alone!

Who am I? (If your mind just jumped to Jean Valjean, we are kindred spirits. If it didn't, I'm sure we can still work it out. Anyway....)

Here's my glamor shot! :)

Who am I? That question can be answered in many different ways. My name is Rachel. I'm a wife, mother, employee, missionary, and friend. I love acting, directing, musicals, plays, and movies. I love writing (hence, the blog), singing, and organizing things.                                                                 

Above everything else, I'm a follower of Jesus Christ. He has saved me from my sin through His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. Everything else about myself pales in comparison to this one thing- Jesus is my Savior, and I want to know Him more.


 In fact, that's where the name of the blog comes from. I have to give credit where it's due, my wonderful husband Logan (over to the left!) came up with the name "Divine Conclusion" a few years ago. We've been using it as the title of our missionary newsletter ever since, and it has branched out to become an umbrella name for every area of our lives. 

The title comes from 2nd Corinthians 5:14-15. "For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this: that One died for all, therefore all have died. And He died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf."

So, who am I? I'm an ordinary person, who is loved by an extraordinary God. My hope is that through this blog, you and I can find more and more how our ordinary lives intersect with the divine- that is, with the working of God in this world and in us. 

The inquisitive 2 year old!

I don't know about you, but sometimes when I'm doing the dishes for the 127th time in one week, or making dinner for the 233rd time in one year, or answering the same question my two-year old has asked for the 76th time in one day, the divine working of God seems pretty far away. 

And yet, what I'm learning is that God is in the ordinary. He loves it because He created it- and it's in the ordinary that He most often dwells. We just have to learn to look for Him there. 

So I'm an ordinary person in search of the divine workings of an extraordinary God in the midst of very normal circumstances. Will you join me so we can search together? 


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