The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever

by Jamie Wright

But when I really got to know him, what I found in Jesus was a strong man with a submissive will, fully and courageously given over to God’s wild purpose for the world.

People stay in terrible jobs for decades simply because that job provides for their family. A parent will sacrifice desperately needed sleep to care for a sick child night after night. People endure the torture of chemotherapy for the chance to love and be loved here on earth a little while longer. Women go through the ache of labor and the agony of pushing a basketball out of their hoo-ha to bring little human beings into the world. And do you know why we do all that? Because it’s worth it. The human spirit can and will endure incredible things—humiliation, hardship, unimaginable pain, and relentless suffering—if there’s a purpose.