I had been practicing prayer and service for years in preparation for the moment, and yet when it came, that was suddenly a very scary “Yes” for many reasons, mostly because within that promise I suddenly felt very small; very unable; very unworthy.
And I am unworthy, everyday.
But saying “Yes” has taught me that worth has nothing to do with anything; what matters is our willingness. None of us are “worthy” of being entrusted with the lives of children, but we are willing; none of us are “worthy” of educating them, but we are willing; none of us are “worthy” to lie prostrate before the Lord and plead intercessory prayers on behalf of another; but we are willing.
And it is within the willingness — articulated and demonstrated within our very act of assent, within that word “Yes” — that God finds room to work, and to bestow his graces upon the world, continually.
Such a little word.
-Elizabeth Scalia, http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress/2014/11/12/in-the-land-of-no-yes-is-a-most-dangerous-word/
And I am unworthy, everyday.
But saying “Yes” has taught me that worth has nothing to do with anything; what matters is our willingness. None of us are “worthy” of being entrusted with the lives of children, but we are willing; none of us are “worthy” of educating them, but we are willing; none of us are “worthy” to lie prostrate before the Lord and plead intercessory prayers on behalf of another; but we are willing.
And it is within the willingness — articulated and demonstrated within our very act of assent, within that word “Yes” — that God finds room to work, and to bestow his graces upon the world, continually.
Such a little word.
-Elizabeth Scalia, http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress/2014/11/12/in-the-land-of-no-yes-is-a-most-dangerous-word/
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