Servants

By David Bragg         You may not recognize the name Polly Thomson. Born in 1885 in Scotland, a chance conversation with her hairdresser led to a new job. Following the death of Anne Sullivan Macy in 1936, Miss Thomson became the assistant/companion of Helen Keller. Altogether, Polly Thomson made many significant sacrifices to live the last 46 years of her life as a true servant.      Servants are special because they have the courage to step across that invisible line between selfishness and selflessness. No better example of this will ever be found that that of Jesus Christ. Paul paints the picture for us in Philippians 2:5-11. He left Heaven to walk the earth as a man. Our human mind can’t fully grasp the significance of that sacrifice. But then, He suffered and died for sin; not His, but yours, ours! This also exceeds our ability to comprehend.     Helen Keller was able to do many good things in her final years because of the sacrifices of Polly Thomson. Jesus can do many things through us, if we have the courage to step across that line with Jesus and sacrifice selfishness and selflessly serve

- David Bragg is co-editor of BulletinGold. He may be contacted through his blog: http://davidbragg.blogspot.com/