No Ordinary Days

May this forthcoming weekend offer you rest and remembrance. 
May you slow down and reflect on the blessings in your life.
May you think about those who sacrificed so much to provide your comforts.

The history behind us leaves traces.

These days we have now reflect the past.
And now we can call them our own.
These days that become part of history.
Are we playing our part well?
Are we serving others?

May the barbeques be delightful and the weather perfect for picnics.
May your thoughts be dwelling in thankfulness.
May the days be seasoned with the right amount of reflection on the past, as we look inwardly at these moments we are, by grace and design, able to be part of.

May we remember that everything we do now matters for the next world to come.
Nothing is too small or insignificant.
Every tiny kind thing is another perfect blade of grass added to our new creation.

Let there be no ordinary days.
No ordinary moments.
And remember what C.S. Lewis wrote, "We meet no ordinary people in our lives."

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
- C.S. Lewis