“I can’t do everything. But I can do something to help somebody. And what I can do I will do.” These are the simple words of a humble servant by the name of Oseola McCarty from Hattiesburg, Mississippi.8 She lived her entire life in poverty. She spent most of her life doing laundry by hand. Despite earning very little, she lived frugally, saving all she could. In 1995, after her retirement at age eighty-six, Oseola shocked her community when she donated $150,000 of her life savings to the University of Southern Mississippi. Her gift was aimed at providing scholarships for deserving African American students in need. Oseola, who never set foot in a college class, gave her best so that others could succeed.

Mary’s life reminds us once again that God will use anyone who surrenders completely to Him, no matter how small or insignificant they might see themselves.”

As we celebrate Christmas every year, we are reminded of another woman. She, too, grew up in obscurity, but because she was willing to put her life on the altar of God’s sovereignty, she found herself in the middle of God’s greatest brushstroke of grace. Mary’s life reminds us once again that God will use anyone who surrenders completely to Him, no matter how small or insignificant they might see themselves.

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