It was an ordinary night
the kind where stars whisper and the earth gently exhales
A stable, no different than any other
smelled of hay, sweat, and animals—
not a palace, not a temple, just a room for the overlooked

An ordinary girl barely more than a whisper
young, tired
her heart swelling with both fear and faith
An ordinary man
steady, unsure
trying to make sense of a divine plan that didn’t seem to make sense at all

Shepherds
ordinary men with dirt under their nails
watching their flocks
used to the dark and the humdrum of silence
never expecting the heavens to tear open with jubilation

And yet—
in the ordinary
extraordinary light broke through
A star, brighter than reason
daring to blaze where no star had blazed before
An angel joined by a heavenly host declaring the birth of
the extraordinary

Wise men
called from distant lands
following whispers of destiny written in the skies
Gold, frankincense, myrrh—
gifts fit for a King, cradled in a manger

The extraordinary gift of salvation
wrapped in the fragile skin of a newborn
the hope of eternity
cradled by hands still learning their strength

And now,
we stand on the edge of the same choice—
to stay in the ordinary
the safe, the unnoticed, the blend-in-and-fit-in life
Or to step into the extraordinary
the blaze-your-trail-walk-on-water-rise-above-the-noise kind of calling

Extraordinary is our design!
How then can we fit in and stand out at the same time
Step into the gift of being set apart
Dare to dream beyond the dust
to reach for the stars
to bring heaven closer to earth

Christmas
reminds us that
the One who shattered the ordinary
called us to the
extraordinary

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