Transfordinary: Finding Living Water in Everyday Moments

And that's what can happen if we set our intention on being so aware of the goodness that God places around us. Thankless tasks, everyday chores can be transformed. The ordinary can be transformed into something extraordinary, into something where God meets us right where we are, not some mountain top or some spiritual retreat, but right in the middle of our own living room. [01:02:56] (28 seconds)  #OrdinaryToExtraordinary

And so what I want to pose to you today is the idea that God can break through in our ordinariness, becoming trans fordinary. Right? That God can break through our daily chores, the mundane, our daily commutes, our dog walking that we have to do twice a day, the laundry that has to be folded every week, the dishes that have to be done every night, or if you're like me, wait until the next morning occasionally. [00:53:51] (31 seconds)  #TransOrdinary

But these ordinary things, God can break through, and that's what the woman at the well teaches us. But so many times we think that it has to be an extraordinary moment for God to breakthrough. Maybe we need to be on some yoga retreat somewhere or up in the mountains or or by the seaside, something special, unique, set aside, holy. We see that God can break through even on a Tuesday afternoon. God can break through at a well when we're in the middle of doing the dishes. God can break through sitting in the car at the pharmacy or in the produce aisle or washing those dishes that always have to be washed. God shows up even at the well. [00:54:33] (50 seconds)  #GodBreaksThrough

We find that she's searching for something. Jesus gets it. Jesus gets that she is searching for something that only he can give. And I think we all have those deeper thirst, those unmet, unfulfilled needs, this longing for something more, something deeper. We are all thirsty for something more, and the promise that Jesus makes is this, that God can satisfy those deep longings of your heart. [00:59:52] (34 seconds)  #ThirstForMore

You see, the toy didn't change, the task didn't change that day. What changed? My perspective, the way I was seeing this task, this toy. God broke through the mundane, and I wonder if I experienced in that moment what the mystics call the sacrament of the present moment, I'm gonna say that again. Hold on to this one. The sacrament of the present moment. [01:03:24] (32 seconds)  #SacramentOfThePresent

To be so in tune with God in the moment that we recognize God's presence and that it transforms our lives. This is what it means to have eyes to see the sacred in the everyday, and this is the kind of faith community I'm hoping we're creating together. People who who walk around seeing God in the ordinary. Look at those people from Chapel by the Sea. They see God everywhere. Why? Yes. Yes, we do. Thank you very much. [01:03:56] (34 seconds)  #SeeGodInEveryday

We're too busy, too important, too distracted, too committed to our routines that sometimes we miss God in the moment. And so what if we approached our ordinary days with a sense of expectancy? What if you leave church today and you kind of ask yourself the question, I wonder where I'll see God today? Say that with me. Ready? I wonder where I'll see God today. What if you woke up tomorrow morning and asked that same question? Do you think you might be more aware of God's presence in your life? Because I'm telling you people, God is always with you. [01:08:30] (38 seconds)  #ExpectToSeeGod

And I bet we've all had something similar like that happened to us. I remember a time when I was on an airplane and, you know, usually when I'm on an airplane, I just kinda wanna put in my headphones and, you know, listen to a podcast or something. But this man sitting next to me was quite chatty. He wanted to strike up a conversation, so I'm fairly friendly sometimes. And I started talking with this man, and the more we talked, the the more curious he became about my profession as a minister, and the more questions he had for me about things of life and death importance, meaningful things, deep things. It was an ordinary encounter that became extraordinary. I bet you've had moments like that. [00:57:05] (49 seconds)  #OrdinaryEncounterExtraordinary