Mundane~ Meaning: Boring; Usual; Typical; Uneventful; Common-place; Pedestrian; Everyday; Unexciting; Vanilla…..these are some of the definitions you would find on Google when you search for the meaning of ‘mundane’. I found ‘Vanilla’ to be quite interesting because this happens to be my favourite flavour, yet not how I would have ever described my life.
We live in a society that does not consider the mundane as ‘good’ or ‘anything to write home about’. We want the ‘next best thing’, ‘the exciting stuff’, ‘the oomph of life’ and this is cool too. And I happen to be one of those people who look forward to the next best thing. I have found myself making ridiculously expensive purchases just to ‘get with the program’ when a new Samsung comes out. And it is in those times that we like to assuage ourselves with phrases like: “Life is for the living” and “You only live once”. These two are my favourite ones……tihihihi! Then later after seeing the dent in my bank account, I drown my regret with a tub of ice cream and promise myself that I will change from my irresponsible ways!
But having gone through a tempestuous season in my life since last year, I have realised that God still works in us and through us, even, (if not especially) in the mundane. I think at times we get so caught up in the miracle working power of God, (which is totally Mind-Blowing), that we struggle when our lives do not seem ‘miraculous’. I have been trusting God for some very specific things in my life that I am yet to receive answers to, and I’ve been forced to be patient knowing that God’s way is the best way and the only way for me. Days have dragged into weeks and weeks into months and at times it looks like one long journey to nowhere. Yet when I look at the person I was last year and who I am today, there is absolutely no comparison. I have grown so much in my faith in God and in my personal character that I cannot recognise the person I have been for the past decade. God has done so much work in me, at a time when I have struggled with feelings of hopelessness and confusion. God has used the everyday stuff to make me a better version of myself.
To take this point closer home, let’s take a look at Gen 1. This incredible chapter which marks the beginning of all beginnings begun with things looking formless, empty and dark. There was nothing that was beautiful with this picture. But by the end of this chapter, an entire Universe was created! God created such amazing stuff that even He saw that ‘it was good’. Basically God was impressed with the work of His hands, which is Pure Perfection. But what ended up as magnificent, had begun as formless, empty and dark.
Someone said that God mostly does His best work in the darkest seasons of our lives. Though I cannot speak for God, I can confidently say that I’m a living testimony of this. Through the darkest and most painful seasons of my life, God has taught me patience, faith, trust in Him, peace in the midst of a storm, loving and forgiving others, finding hope, living one day at a time, wise stewardship, and so much more. And I have learnt each of these things in the mundane and seemingly uneventful days of my life. Even on days that I felt I did the bare minimum, I know God was working all along for my good.
We do serve a Miracle-Working God, who has amazing plans for our lives. But how those plans come into effect is up to Him and He can use any situation you’re going through to fulfil His purpose in your life. So if you find yourself struggling with the mundanity of life, be encouraged that something great is being formed inside of you and once the forming process is over, you’ll see that it was all worth it.
So enjoy and cherish the mundane. Incredible things do come out of it. You don’t even need to take my word for it…….. just ask the Universe and it will tell you!
Always,
Posh 💕
