Chosen on Purpose by Cindy Tutsch

In December 1844, five grieving women knelt in prayer in Portland, Maine. Among them was a 17-year-old girl weighing barely 80 pounds, too ill to finish school, her voice little more than a whisper. Why would God choose her, of all people, when capable, educated men stood ready? In this Sabbath School Reflection, Cindy Tutsch traces a surprising pattern through Scripture, from a flawed Abraham to a rugged Elijah, a ruined Isaiah, and a desert-dwelling John the Baptist, and asks what that pattern means for anyone who has ever felt too young, too old, or too ordinary to matter. Listen to the full article.