As you write your memoir, think about Howard Thurman's words:
“Angels
hide in every nook and cranny, magi masquerade as everyday people, and shepherds
wear garments of day laborers. The whole earth is brimming with glory for those
with eyes to see and ears to hear.” (The Work of Christmas: The Twelve Days of Christmas with Howard Thurman, by Bruce G. Epperly)
When have key
people in your life
seemed to
be angels sent by God?
What regular
old everyday people
might have
been magi-like characters in your life?
Who were
the shepherds God brought alongside
to guide
and protect you?
You see,
God reveals Himself to us in many ways—and the job of a memoirist is to have
eyes to see and ears to hear.
“Christ is
revealed to us by both shepherds and kings,” writes the Reverend Deacon Geoffrey Smith, “by people of all stripes and walks of life. . . .
“We find
him not only with those around our dinner table, or with those whom we sit next
to at church, but also in the invisible ones who mow our lawns, who shovel our
snow, who bag our groceries. . . .
“Regardless
of whether they’re rich or poor, whether they look like us and talk like us,
whether they’re Democrat or Republican, God gives us the chance to see Christ in
everyone we meet.”
And so, as
you write your memoir, consider again those questions:
- When have key people in your life seemed to be angels sent by God?
- What regular old everyday people might have been magi-like characters in your life?
- Who were the shepherds God brought alongside to guide and protect you?
Write your
stories!
There you
have it: Your Tuesday Tidbit
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