What If Nothing Is Ordinary?

What If Nothing Is Ordinary? is a forty-day journey through testimony, Scripture, meditation, and declaration, inviting you to encounter the Lord and recognize His presence woven throughout the ordinary moments of your life. Your story may be telling more than you realize.Begin the journey!

Inside The Journey

What if God is closer than you think, and you’ve simply stopped noticing? In What If Nothing Is Ordinary?, you’re invited to rediscover a God who is present, personal, and still at work in the everyday moments of your life. Through stories that range from the mundane to the hilarious to the downright miraculous, you’ll find fresh reminders that God loves to meet us in unexpected places and that no moment is too ordinary for His presence. Whether you’re hungry for more testimonies, longing to hear God’s voice, or feeling burned out and wondering where He’s gone, these pages will help you slow down, open your eyes, and recognize what He’s doing right in front of you. And you won’t walk away with stories alone: each of the forty devotionals offers a powerful, Scripture-rooted declaration to help renew your mind, strengthen your faith, and revive hope in your heart. Pick up your copy of What If Nothing Is Ordinary? and discover what you might be missing today!

About The Author

I'm Diederik, a husband, father, educator, and writer currently living in Shanghai, China.One day, I wrote down a small moment: an interaction I had with my daughters and an impression I sensed from the Lord. It was a moment I could have easily forgotten. But I wrote it down and shared it with some friends.Then I kept writing.Over time, I began collecting these small moments. What If Nothing Is Ordinary? is, in many ways, the culmination of noticing, remembering, and recording them.The unexpected turns. The disappointments. The answered prayers. The seemingly insignificant details that, when viewed in hindsight, begin to tell a greater story.There are many parts of my life that feel extraordinary. I'm an American living and teaching in Shanghai, married across cultures, and raising bilingual children. But let's be honest, most of my life is quite ordinary. I drop my girls off at school, teach elementary students, and cook dinner for my family. That's a big chunk of my life right now.But somewhere along the way, I began to realize that ordinary does not mean insignificant.As I've taken time to revisit the stories of the past decade with Scripture and the Holy Spirit, I've begun to discover that God was present in ways I didn't recognize at the time. Disappointments have given way to joy. Moments I had nearly forgotten have taken on new meaning.What If Nothing Is Ordinary? was born from that process of looking back.I'm still learning to pay attention. Still writing things down. Still discovering that some of the smallest moments can tell the greatest stories.

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Thank You

You're on the list!I'll keep you updated as What If Nothing Is Ordinary? gets closer to release. I can't wait to share this journey with you.In the meantime, you can find more of my writing on Substack. I regularly share reflections, and the stories God is writing in ordinary life.