Anyone who has known me for any length of time knows that I had a difficult time sitting and doing nothing. I must always prove that I am worthy to take up space on earth.” “She means them kindly, but they echo in my head like truth. “I am not so sure I’m happy with her words,” Mary said. Mary received the complement with mixed feelings.
God used them as a mirror to show me parts of myself I had always chosen to overlook before, but about which he said, “We need to deal with these now.”įor instance, in Thin Places, Mary tells the story of the time a friend told her how her constant industry had inspired the friend to maintain more activity in her own life (such as greater efficiency in housework). But after all, the reason I’m writing it is because Mary’s words changed me.
So, I beg your forgiveness for frequently injecting my own experience into an article about someone else. In this case, I have to draw primarily on Mary’s articles that I’ve read or the one book (of the more than thirty she’s written). As I’ve pondered how to do this, I realized that I was not sure how-when I write features on people for Move Up magazine, I always have the raw material of an interview to work from. However, she gave me permission to introduce her to you using work she has already published.
I was hoping to interview Mary as part of this “people who inspire me” series, but unfortunately, her very busy schedule did not allow it. Polishes them until they shine so bright the reflection of Jesus smiles back.” Reflecting Jesus After all that Mary has been through, the fact that she is known by her joy (not surprising if you read even one article she has written) is a testimony to the healing power of Christ.Īs she says in her book, “He redeems my messes. Her biography on Facebook begins, “If you met Mary today, her joy would confuse you.” I love that. His love shines through her like light through a stained glass window. She is such a beautiful example of how God can take the most broken of us and create something extremely beautiful. The more I got to know Mary, the more I wished we could have that tea. That.” Over and over again, I recognized that God had used Mary’s wounds to teach her many of the same lessons he was in the process of teaching me-some of which became much clearer because I read the book. On the first page of the book, she defines “thin places” as “snatches of holy ground, tucked into the corners of our world, where, if we pay very close attention, we might just catch a glimpse of eternity.”Īs I read the book, I was like, “Yes. In her book, Mary was incredibly vulnerable about her background in an unsafe broken home with prevalent drugs and partying, the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of some neighbourhood boys when she was five years old, her struggle with addictions and suicidal thoughts, and the ways that God has used all of these wounds as “thin places” to reach into her life.
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