tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post42650332376608324..comments2023-07-22T06:00:18.229-04:00Comments on Out of the Ordinary: Our Greatest Spiritual InfluencesSite Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092409812214063420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-59011266801926091012017-04-26T08:07:28.867-04:002017-04-26T08:07:28.867-04:00Thanks for sharing, Barbara. It is hard to narrow ...Thanks for sharing, Barbara. It is hard to narrow down to just one. :)Persishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17686511618515789601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-21846803184890799832017-04-25T15:38:52.124-04:002017-04-25T15:38:52.124-04:00Once you start thinking about this, it's hard ...Once you start thinking about this, it's hard to narrow it down to one. One would be the pastor in the church where I was saved as a teenager. He actually came after my salvation, but his teaching set me on the right course, and I always appreciated that he was firm in his teaching and preaching but kind and approachable in everyday life. One would be the pastor my husband and I had the first 14 years we were married. I've often been thankful for the foundation he laid in our lives with godly expositional preaching. Another would be a couple in the church I was in as a teenager. When they heard I came from a broken, unsaved home, they started inviting me over. I never got the sense the wife had taken me on as a "project" - she was just being kind and hospitable. And though she didn't teach me in a didactic way, she taught me much by her example. It was in her home I saw a Christian family, wife, and homemaker in action, and the family as a whole, but the wife in particular, shaped much of my own thinking as a wife, mom, and homemaker. Another would be Elisabeth Elliot. I began reading her books in college over 30 years ago and have read most of them multiple times since. Barbara H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17848365749538505762noreply@blogger.com