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| This month of devotionals will focus on finding a big God in the small details, especially the small faithful acts of obedience that we sometimes take for granted. These rest stops will also reflect my sorrow as I grieve the loss of my sister-in-law, Miriam Hershberger. She was killed in a tragic accident in March 2005, cut off from life in a moment. When I think of Miriam, I think of small acts of kindness, simple living and being faithful in the ordinary tasks of life. Does that kind of integrity matter? Does God work in the small things of life? REST STOP #1: American spies, Christmas carols and tiny drops of water My sister-in-law Miriam never set out to be an American spy. This accusation, made by the Vietnamese government, was at the very least not factual, and at the most simply ludicrous. Ludicrous, that is, if you knew Miriam. There wasn’t an espionage bone in her body, not an ounce of conniving, no duplicity—she wasn’t even into adventure films! Miriam was in Vietnam because of her love for the Vietnamese people and for God. Working with an organization called Mennonite Central Committee, she taught English as a second language to students at the University of Foreign Language Study in Hanoi. She centered her life around small acts of kindness, concrete acts of faithfulness to God. She taught students simple words like house and cat. She couldn’t have possibly been a threat to any government. Or could she? Continued... |
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