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# Extraordinary From Ordinary

Rebecca Nolting, Author

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- [Psalm 13](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/psalm-13/) - A sermon message I gave on April 12, 2026: Thank you for the opportunity to bring the message today. Before I delve in, I wanted to share how it came about. A few weeks ago, Linda Hawkins and Pastor Scott were talking about how they still needed someone to give a sermon and I quickly
- [What do you wish people knew about becoming a writer?](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/what-do-you-wish-people-knew-about-becoming-a-writer/) - I was challenged to answer this question by one of the bookstores that is hosting a book signing for me. My first reaction was, “where do I start?” It is a journey that is hard to describe if you haven’t published. There’s the discipline of sitting down to write (and not be distracted by everything
- [What Does the Lord Require of You?](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/what-does-the-lord-require-of-you/) - “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8) A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to help serve at Crazy Faith Street Ministry (a local outreach group serving the homeless). Jeff and I were charge of the coffee-he
- [Connection is the Word!](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/connection-is-the-word/) - About a year ago, my work had me answer a bunch of questions to assess what my strengths are. My top one was “belief”, which didn’t surprise me. The other top answers didn’t surprise me either, which were “connected”, “consistency”, “context” and “responsibility”. While they all describe me, the word “connection” jumps out at me
- [Hello World](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/hello-world/) - Hello world of blogging! This is my first entry (of many I hope) to share my ordinary thoughts that become extraordinary with God’s help. I have enjoyed posting pictures with thoughts based on the Bible, but this gives me more room to expand on each one. So these are our two dogs, Shadow (all black)
- [Shifting Gears](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/shifting-gears/) - “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 I must start with a confession: I don’t know how to drive a manual car. I know the concept of what happens, but
- [Morning Time in the Garden](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/morning-time-in-the-garden/) - This morning, I decided to go work in our home garden to pull some weeds that I had been neglecting. It’s easy to do that, like neglecting self-care and quiet time with God. I know that you’re supposed to make time, be intentional about it and all, and it’s one thing to say it, but
- [Windshield Focus](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/windshield-focus/) - A friend reminded me the other day of the saying, “there is a reason the windshield is so big and the rearview mirror is so small”. It was his way of reminding me to focus on the hope of what is ahead and not the things of the past that we can’t change anyway. When
- [Time to Let Go and Let God?](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/time-to-let-go-and-let-god/) - One of the tasks at my job at a medical office is to deposit the checks. Yes, even with all the advances in technology, we do still get a lot of checks from insurances and patients. One of the conveniences with this is I have my own check scanner, like at the banks. Well, convenient
- [Cup of Salvation](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/cup-of-salvation/) - During Holy week, Jeff and I went to The Avenue church for their Stations of the Cross. It’s not like the Stations of the Cross that I have ever experienced. There is a theme and each station has Scripture and directions for what to do at each of them, including praying. This year’s theme was
- [Burnout recovery is painfully slow!](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/burnout-recovery-is-painfully-slow/) - The other day, I started writing the following as an attempt of a devotional. Instead, it became more of trying to put how it felt to burnout in my church duties into words. I am sharing it because it is something that if you haven’t gone through it, it’s hard for you to understand. I
- [STOP or GO?](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/stop-or-go/) - I saw this stop sign on top of Monarch Mountain while on a weekend getaway a couple months ago. I knew immediately that I needed to write a devotional about it. But, because I was busy working on another project, I put it aside. Last week, Pastor Scott asked if I wanted to write a
- [Is Memory Good or Bad?](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/is-memory-good-or-bad/) - Robert: “I never forget anything” Elizabeth: “Well, that’s a gift” Robert: “No. It isn’t.” That interaction was between Robert Langdon and Elizabeth Sinskey in the movie, Inferno. It spoke to me as just a day or two before, another show I was watching, Transplant, brought up the topic of memory as well. The show is
- [Be Still](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/be-still/) - Be Still. Be still. Beeeee Stilllll. Why is that so hard? We had a prayer workshop this past weekend and the first reading was the story about Mary and Martha. Martha is busy doing all the chores where Mary is sitting by Jesus, listening to his teachings. Martha wants acknowledgement of her completed tasks and
- [I can’t fly](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/i-cant-fly/) - A couple weeks ago, I thought I could fly. Well actually, I tripped over my dog and fell down a couple steps onto our tile floor (good thing the floor caught me!). My left knee got the brunt of the fall. The picture is where she likes to lay on the 2nd step, and in the
- [Lessons From an Accident](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/lessons-from-an-accident/) - I want to start out with something I hate: dealing with any and all car issues. Whether it’s a nail in my tire, in which I think I at the professional level of finding them, or something more serious like a car accident. Unfortunately, I have had more than my share of car issues in
- [Easter 2021](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/easter-2021/) - Leaving church Sunday after our services was bittersweet. Everything was wonderful-the music, the sermon, the flowers, the fellowship, seeing more friends come back. It was bittersweet because today I start on an unfamiliar journey-a Sabbath from being our Worship Chair (one that I have held since 2016). It has been a very challenging last 12
- [Just ASK!](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/just-ask/) - One of the decisions you have to make when you’re self-publishing a book is choosing a Publisher name, otherwise known as a business name for your company. This is harder than you may think-I had to choose one or two words about faith. I tried many different ways to find the right words, including searching
- [Holy Week](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/holy-week/) - How can I explain Holy week to someone who doesn’t know? Jesus starts his week in a parade just for him and just 7 days later he is resurrected from the dead? What a week that he walked into, fulfilling God’s will. I wonder how much he knew ahead of time about what was going
- [Get Out of Your Comfort Zone](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/get-out-of-your-comfort-zone/) - Easter morning included a time of sadness. Like Pastor Scott said in his sermon, the disciples went home. They went back to their regular lives, to what was familiar, because they didn’t know what else to do. Even though they learned the tomb was empty, they didn’t have Jesus there to explain it to them.
- [Rock Climbing](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/rock-climbing/) - A few weeks ago, while up at the Garden of the Gods, we saw this rock climber. We stared in awe as he worked his way up, a small step at a time. For the time we watched, he was carefully planning each move, talking with his partner on the ground and clipping his carabiner
- [Waiting](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/waiting/) - A couple weeks ago, I wrote a blog about waiting. I decided to wait until morning to reread it and then post it. The problem is that when I went to look for it, it wasn’t saved. I thought I had been saving it, but it appears to not have been. Ironically, the post about
- [God will provide](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/god-will-provide/) - For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. But in the seventh year the land is to have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the
- [Moon over a Bridge](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/moon-over-a-bridge/) - I took this picture this morning on my way to work. The moon (or night) is mentioned in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Genesis 1:3-5: And God said, ” Let there be light” and there was light. God saw the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light
- [A piece of the puzzle](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/a-piece-of-the-puzzle/) - When you put together a puzzle, you study the pieces-shape, size, color. You can look at the box with the finished picture to know what section it may go. Sometimes the pieces don’t seem like they fit, like they were put in the wrong box. We are all pieces in the big puzzle called life.
- [Meet Barnabas](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/meet-barnabas/) - This is our new “child” named Barnabas. His story started almost a year ago when my coworker, Nikki, told me she was expecting her second child. I told her that Jeffrey really wanted someone to name her child Barnabas. I thought we were making progress when she almost told her doctor that her baby’s name was Barnabas. We
- [Develop a greater appreciation](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/develop-a-greater-appreciation/) - Yes, I have the CD to the original soundtrack to Fiddler on the Roof. I recently DVR’d the movie and decided to watch it this weekend, one I hadn’t watched for many years. It’s a long one (3 hours!), so I watched it in segments. What I didn’t expect is to develop a greater appreciation
- [Give Thanks](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/give-thanks/) - I took this picture Thanksgiving morning as the sun was coming up. It’s not the clearest as it was taken through a window, but it was beautiful and peaceful. It shows us that even though life can get frantic, overwhelming or frustrating, we can be inspired by the simplest things. One of our tasks at

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- [Blog](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/blog/) - Rebecca's Blog I started my blog in 2016 to be able to share my devotional thoughts. God has lead me to continue to pursue my dream of writing by guiding me in the publishing journey. I have been stretching my comfort zone more and more as I now am also speaking publicly about my faith
- [Navigating the Waters](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/navigating-the-waters/) - Navigating the Waters Revealing Faithfulness in Our Voyage With God Ever thought your faith would be smooth sailing but found it is more like navigating on rough seas? Come aboard with Rebecca as she guides you closer to God’s unfailing love. She uses both Biblical stories and her own faith journey to help strengthen you on
- [About](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/about/) - Rebecca Nolting Christian Author Rebecca began her writing journey first in a blog and felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to write books. She had a dream to write and publish books since she was a teenager and now is living out that dream. It truly is a calling from God as it is a
- [Contact](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/contact/) - Contact Rebecca I would love to have the opportunity to share about my faith and mental health journey to groups of any kind-church groups, book clubs or just a group of friends. Follow me on Facebook for updates about my writing journey at Rebecca Nolting, Author. Facebook Instagram Name Email Phone Message Send
- [Pieces of Faith](https://extraordinaryfromordinary.com/pieces-of-faith/) - Pieces of Faith Discovering God in My Life Puzzle Ever thought about your faith while putting together a puzzle? Rebecca Nolting breaks down the steps many people take and strategies they often use in completing a puzzle, and parallels them to one’s faith journey. She gives examples and lessons from her own life and relates
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