ORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY, OLYMPICS

This past weekend at Mosaic was pretty cool. There was a celebration for Erwin's 50th Birthday and 15 years as the lead pastor at Mosaic. But that's way besides the point.

Much more important than that, there was about a 20 minute conversation with four-time Olympic gold medalist John Naber. He won all of his gold medals in swimming at the 1976 Olympics. He had this one quote that really stuck with me --

"[Olympic athletes aren’t simply extraordinary people] they are ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary things because they are willing to do what others won't so that they can accomplish what other can't."

Here's the thing - everyone has the ability to be extraordinary. Yes, really, EVERYONE! Are we willing to make the needed adjustments in our life to make the move from ordinary to extraordinary? Are we willing to stay disciplined enough to shift from one state of being to another?

Proverbs 13:4 anyone?

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat. (NASB)

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (AKJV)