I recently read a little book entitled, The God of the Mundane, by Matt Redmond. As books go, it was kind of repetitive, but as I read it, I came upon many nuggets that I wanted to remember.
Mr. Redmond was speaking about the emphasis that has been in this country for at least as long as I am old — that you WILL be somebody special, and if you are not, it’s your fault. All you need is a dream to pursue [one with Christian values, of course], and enough spunk to reach for it, and obtain it.
Scripture does not seem to back up that so popular thrust. Christ said we would be persecuted, and hated — just as He was. The best places would be given to undeserving people, and that we loving Christians would continue to learn humility, even as we hold out hope to a dying world.
Rachel Jankovic speaks about this clearly and winsomely, as she is wont to do, in her article on the Desiring God blog on May 3rd. I recommend it to you. She calls what we mothers are doing the “everyday lives of sacrifice.” Here’s a small quote:
“Right now, in our culture, in our time, there is something uniquely potent about mothers sacrificing for their children. As we lay down our lives for them, presenting ourselves to God as a living sacrifice, that sacrifice makes an aroma. That sacrifice directly contradicts and blasphemes everything the world is fighting for. As you care for your children, on the long days and tired moments, disciplining yourself, sacrificing yourself for them, you are reaching out to the world….. We do not turn inwards towards our children and towards our homes because we do not care about the world. We turn inwards because the world needs to smell this sacrifice….”
This is in response to the horrifying display of wickedness in The Gosnell Case, and I encourage you to read the the whole thing — for your blessing and encouragement in this precious, mundane world of a mother.
[The article is entitled: The Real Life of the Pro-Life Home]