Tag: motherhood
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No Mission Too Small
When I was in my late teens, my visions of the future were extravagant but worldly. I imagined that fame and fortune would lead to fulfillment. Perfection also played a role: I pictured a neatly ordered future that would unfurl with the synchrony of well-aligned dominoes falling one after another. Beauty, romance, wealth, good health,…
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A Living Sacrifice.
Recently, a friend reminded me of a verse in the New Testament that is significant to me: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship” (Romans 12:1). Allow me to back up a…
The Still Small Voice 