Ruth Bell Graham

...has for years been my mom's greatest role model and inspiration. And in the last few months, she has become one of mine as well. I stumbled upon this quote tonight as I was perusing various websites. This is what she wrote in her journal just before becoming Mrs. Billy Graham:

“If I marry Bill, I must marry him with my eyes open. He will be increasingly burdened for lost souls and increasingly active in the Lord’s work. After the joy and satisfaction of knowing that I am his by rights, and his forever, I will slip into the background.”

“In short,” she added, “be a lost life. Lost in Bill’s.”