Don’t tell me there’s nothing extraordinary in the life you’re living. Your life is special just because you are in it. Remember always how precious you are in God’s sight.
“Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name.
You are mine.”
-Isaiah 43, WEBBE
An Ordinary Life
There are many times when I wondered,
Is there anything special about my ordinary life?
What’s the point of everything?
Where is it all going?
Am I supposed to be doing something
That could make my life worthwhile?
What does it matter that I live?
Who would even notice?
In a world with seven billion souls
Why would it matter
That I am still alive?
Yet you tell me
That my life matters
And that when I’m gone
I would be terribly missed.
You tell me
That you see something in me
That you could never see
In a hundred billion souls.
And somehow,
When I look into your eyes
I believe you,
And I start to realize
How precious one life can really be.
I did no great thing,
I experienced no terrible tragedy,
But you made me feel grateful
For every precious moment I have been alive.
Because of you, I have come to believe
And now I know
What wonders there could be
In this blessed and ordinary life.
Check Jocelyn's books:
"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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