Children of God - Anything But Ordinary

I felt strongly impressed to write a few lines this morning. I've heard from many different people in the last few days how lost they're feeling, how hard it's been to fulfill even the most basic of callings, and how they wish they could simply live their lives under the radar.

In short, they desperately want to be ordinary.

The problem is, we are anything but ordinary.

We are children of God. In this one, simple sentence, we are told life will never be completely easy. Whether we're doing our best to raise our children in a world of frightening things, have been given spiritual gifts that set us too far apart from the rest of our family and friends, or find ourselves fighting debilitating illnesses we have no control over, all of these things and so much more set us apart from everyone else in the world. We have been given unique gifts, and personal strengths and weaknesses, so that we might learn and grow and help in furthering the work of the Lord in our lifetime.

There is a spiritual awakening happening throughout this world. For anyone who believes in God, look for the signs. Strengthen yourselves through church attendance, scripture study, and prayer. This is doubly important as with the increase of good things, Satan will be at the ready to counteract with evil. One of his greatest tools has always been to create within us the desire to live our lives under the radar.

I believe as the next few years go by, we will begin to see more of the same miracles and spiritual gifts as we're told of in Biblical days. Satan will be ready to make us believe these are works of darkness, that they simply don't happen any more. God, however, is unchanging. If He blessed those in the days of Abraham, of Daniel, of Joseph, and of John with gifts like prophecy, seeing angels, healing and ministering, He will certainly do so in these the Last Days.

We are children of God. We were born to be anything but ordinary.