Review: A good start to knowing a great woman of God
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
To many people around the world, the name Mother Teresa brings to mind an ethereal "good person," someone who became famous for her total dedication to God and His mission of caring for the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa has been gone for almost two decades. Although her work continues and is growing, the woman behind the name is becoming lost, which is a shame.Mother Teresa was a real person. Like the Apostle Paul, she knew both want and plenty in her young years. She saw Christian charity through the actions of her parents. She went to school. She went to church. Within that timeframe, God reached out, calling her to give her life to Him for missionary service.Her first years in India were enough to qualify her as a good person and to fulfill her calling. However God had something more and reached out with what she called a "calling within a calling." In responding to that call, she had to convince others of its validity, she went through her own phases of doubt, she learned and grew. Out of that came the Mother Teresa known by the world today.This book gives a good overview of and sometimes behind-the-scenes look at the life of Mother Teresa. It is a short book, not giving a detailed biography, but merely introducing the reader to an ordinary person who became extraordinary in the hands of her God. In that, she remains a good example of faith and the real actions which should grow from faith.Because of the brevity of the book, many of Mother Teresa's critical life events come across as little more than lists. It would have been good to expand on some of these to help the reader see more of the real person behind the name. One of my hopes after reading the book is that it will challenge and inspire the reader to further reading and study of Mother Teresa.