Friday, August 29, 2008

Nice Women Do Make History (But that was not their goal)

A few days ago I saw a bumper sticker that said "Nice Women Rarely Make History." I guess the driver thinks that it's more important to do whatever it takes to make history than it is to be a nice woman. As a Christian, I thought, "Should that be our goal? To make history?" I don't think that God wants us "to make history." Matthew 22:37 says to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." There is no mandate in scripture to do something just for the sake of making history. Oddly enough, though, there have been many wonderful women who have made history. I happened to catch a PBS program a couple nights ago on a WW II Canteen. I believe the Canteen was in a small town in Nebraska. Soldiers were crying as they told of how touched they were by these women serving them in the Canteen. I was really moved by the soldiers as well as the women who said, "they considered it a privilege to serve." Mother Teresa, Clara Barton, and Susanna Wesley are just a few who have made history by serving their fellow man. If you think of any more, please feel free to let me know.

4 comments:

unca said...

Yes! It's nice to be grace but even greater to be nice. The people who will go down as the greatest in history are the ones who set out to be servants.

Jill Foley said...

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faith said...

Hello Rachel,
I have not looked at your Blog in a long time, and that has been my loss. I love all the pictures and reading about your thoughts. Your kids are so darling. I will keep up especilly now that you are so good at posting pictures.
Love, Aunt Faith

The Gruenwald Family said...

Aunt Faith, Actually, I haven't been that great about blogging. It's like I'm busy or something. Thanks for commenting.