Her Story
She was a fearful one-- of storms, of stranger dangers... that neighborhood watch sign terrified her for years (she thought it meant someone had been kidnapped there before). She was eager to please. Straight A's in school, and a drive to excel in sports. She loved to read, pretend and insisted on being the mother and teacher... and she was a "tad" bossy and completely stubborn. She was (at least in her own mind) "the leader of the pack" of the neighborhood kids. Yet she was sensitive... passionate-- she felt deeply, and she loved being independent (probably a little too much). She had heard about Jesus growing up, said a prayer, but in saying it realized she didn't really understand, and she became afraid in a sense-- because she knew He was all those things that scripture said. And she knew somehow that she couldn't measure up, and so early on she chose to b...