I'll come to you after I go through Macedonia, and because I'm going through Macedonia, I may stay with you or even spend the winter there in Corinth so that you can send me on my way to wherever I'm off to next.

1 Corinthians 16:5-6 CEB

What is this doing in my Bible?

Isn't the Bible all about theology and big things?

And yet here we have Paul just being very ordinary, providing ordinary connection with people he knows and who know him.

And do you notice that Paul isn't sure how long he'll stay or where he is going next. How often are we expected to have a grand plan for our lives and execute it with precision to stay in "God's will" or meet our parents or our peers or our societies expectations of us. 

And here's Paul not sure if he'll stay a week or 3 months or where he's heading.

Having plans is good, but it's not everything for everyone for all the time. 

Paul here shares some very ordinary insights into ordinary parts of his life, the place where most of us live most of the time. 

And that's OK.

#corinthians

#ordinarylife

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