She has led a women’s Bible study for eighteen years. His family has all grown up and gone. She’s been in this church twenty-three years. Look at her ability! Me? I’ve got kids at home . . . I’ve got debt . . . I’ve got high blood pressure . . . I’ve got crooked teeth . . . I’m overweight . . . never been to seminary . . . I don’t have anything decent to wear . . . I don’t do well in front of people.”
