Extraordinarily Ordinary ~ Significantly Insignificant
A thought has
been consistently pestering me, filling me with awe for quite some time,
particularly over the last few years.
Although difficult for me to articulate well, I am consistently reminded
how ordinary and extraordinary, how
significant and insignificant we all
are.
I have met many
people from all walks of life since joining the Sinsinawa Dominicans five short
years ago, and many more people before that.
Incredibly gifted yet incredibly ordinary people, doing incredibly good
yet incredibly ordinary works. Each one
uniquely created yet each created in the image and likeness of God. But 5-1/2 years ago I was not aware of their
existence, and vice versa. Imagine!
I guess what I’m
trying to say is that we are surrounded by incredible stories that we may never
hear, stories of people we may never meet – whose lives, like our own, are
filled with passion and sorrow, hopes and fears, doubt and deep faith and
stumbling faith. Stories that are real,
which are being told and heard, stories touching someone somewhere, lives being
lived every day in every neighborhood, every city, every nation, and in every
corner of God’s marvelous Creation!
For everyone who
has ever crossed our paths, whose story has become a line or a page in our own,
we can rejoice in the knowledge that there are literally billions of other
stories we simply have not had the chance to read. Each one is unique, each equally beloved by
God, each so significant in God’s eyes.
My prayer is that
2017 will find the eyes of our own hearts opened to see the intrinsic value and
significance of all people, whether known or unknown.
Kathy Flynn, OP
Sinsinawa, WI
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