Comments on: Greatness in the Ordinary http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/12/greatness-in-the-ordinary/ Successes, failures, and a few funny stories about parenting. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Amy http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/12/greatness-in-the-ordinary/#comment-103 Amy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:58:40 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/12/greatness-in-the-ordinary/#comment-103 I've got friends who think that you have to live a rather dramatic life taking risks in order to demonstrate to God that you love Him. That's fine, but I don't know if they realize that they communicate the idea to others that if you're not taking risks too, then you're not as devoted to God as you should be. The arrogance of that assertion is just breath-taking. I’ve got friends who think that you have to live a rather dramatic life taking risks in order to demonstrate to God that you love Him. That’s fine, but I don’t know if they realize that they communicate the idea to others that if you’re not taking risks too, then you’re not as devoted to God as you should be. The arrogance of that assertion is just breath-taking.

]]> By: PandaBean http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/12/greatness-in-the-ordinary/#comment-101 PandaBean Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:32:11 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/12/greatness-in-the-ordinary/#comment-101 This is what St Teresa of the Baby Jesus (I think) was talking about when she said (and I'm paraphraseing) "I can help a thousand souls, if I but pick up a pin for the Lord." She was all about "the Little Way", where every tiny little thing we do should be done for God, everything from washing our hair, to playing with our kids, to hugging our husbands, to cleaning up the mess the dog made and so forth. I think she's considered a Doctor of the Church. God Bless! This is what St Teresa of the Baby Jesus (I think) was talking about when she said (and I’m paraphraseing) “I can help a thousand souls, if I but pick up a pin for the Lord.” She was all about “the Little Way”, where every tiny little thing we do should be done for God, everything from washing our hair, to playing with our kids, to hugging our husbands, to cleaning up the mess the dog made and so forth. I think she’s considered a Doctor of the Church.

God Bless!

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