On family movie night this weekend we all settled in to watch Night at the Museum. It was an OK movie, nothing that just jumped out at me. Pretty ordinary. Except for one line in the movie that caught my attention. The onscreen son Nick says to onscreen dad Larry, "What if you're just an ordinary guy who should just get a real job?" An ordinary guy. Most of us lead ordinary lives. We do our laundry, go to the grocery store, and pay our taxes. But everyday we are extraordinary. Maybe we teach a child something they didn't know or help someone who is hurt. Maybe we help someone to know Christ or volunteer somewhere. That's why it's called extraordinary. Maybe at first glance it seems ordinary, but it may be that little bit extra that makes all the difference in the world. We are all extraordinary in some way. Maybe you are creative. To me that's extraordinary because I can't draw stick people. Maybe you are that teacher that a child is going to remember for the rest of their life because you were kind, compassionate, or knew all the cool science experiments. That's extraordinary.
What about our children? I have one child that is endlessly creative, one that is logical beyond belief, and one that is a born leader. My job in this ordinary world on this ordinary day is o show them that their ordinary self is extraordinary. Simply by being Christ's children they became extraordinary. Now add in where their talents can take them and you have an author, a scientist, or a president. Our job is to bring out the extraordinary in our children. To love them and encourage them to the stars. No one is ordinary. Today find your extraordinary and the extraordinary in your children. It's there just waiting to be discovered.
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