No Ordinary People
‘There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.” –CS Lewis
This week The Avengers will come out in theaters. I’ll probably see it with my boys. After all, what’s not to love about a movie filled with everyone’s favorite superheroes?
When children play, they flaunt their greatness. You might hear them argue over who gets to be Hulk, Thor, or Captain America. They might want to be Wonder Woman, Black Widow or Super Girl. They rarely fight over who gets to be the poor sap working in the cubicle.
There is a reason for that. (Besides the unending marketing of licensed characters.)
It’s because we were born to be supernatural. Something in the heart of a child knows it. We are not meant to be ordinary.
But what if “ordinary” was just a disguise?
Perhaps C.S. Lewis got it best when he said,
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.”
We may scoff at the pity of being a “mere mortal.” But truly, such a thing does not exist.
The fact that you are human, means you are created in the image of God. You are in the same class of being as the Creator. You are an everlasting spirit.
Sure, humans like to elevate certain ones among us unto pedestals. For totally irrational reasons, we crown rock stars, celebrities and athletes, while spurning the ordinary. But ask those ones at “the top,” if the adoration and fame has bought their happiness. You’ll find out they feel just like the masses.
Ordinary.
We all want the same things:
We want love, happiness and peace.
When a superstar athlete and giver, like Junior Seau, takes his own life, we are tragically reminded of reality.
We are all human. We all feel pain. Perhaps the heroes among us are not invincible. A part of us dies and we grieve for those who suffer. We mourn with those who mourn.
But can we be reminded of this truth?
We are all divine.
We are supernatural, when we are aware of The Greater One in us. We never walk alone. We have unlimited, unending, power available to us to make a difference.
In the Avengers, at the height of crisis, Natasha Romanoff says to Hawkeye, “This is nothing we were ever trained for.”
Still, they know they are right for the job.
In life, we will face many things that leave us feeling the same way. We may say, “This is nothing we were ever trained for!”
And yet, here we are – for such a time as this. There are no mere mortals.
Congratulations.
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