I'm glad you can join us for this Wednesday edition of Our Daily Bread.

Today's reading was written by Lisa Samra, and it's titled A Remarkable Life.

I came to learn about Catherine Hamlin, a remarkable Australian surgeon through reading her obituary.

In Ethiopia, Catherine and her husband established the world's only hospital dedicated to curing

women from the devastating physical and emotional trauma of obstetric fistulus, a common injury in the developing world that can

occur during childbirth. Catherine is credited with overseeing the treatment of more than 60,000

women. Still operating at the hospital when she was 92 years old and still beginning each

day with a cup of tea and Bible study,

Hamlin told curious questioners that she was an ordinary believer in Jesus,

who was simply doing the job God had given her to do.

I was grateful to learn about her remarkable life because she powerfully exemplified from me

scripture's encouragement to believers

in 1st Peter chapter 2 to live our lives in such a way that even people who actively reject God

may see your good deeds and glorify God. The power of God's spirit that called us out of spiritual darkness into a relationship

with Him can also transform our work or areas of service into testimonies of our faith. In whatever

passion or skill God has gifted us, we can embrace added meaning and purpose in doing all of it in a manner that has

the power to point people to him.

Today's our Daily Bread Devotional scripture reading is from 1st Peter chapter 2 verses 9

through 12. But you are a chosen people

a royal priesthood a holy nation god's special possession that you may declare the praises of him who called

you out of darkness into his wonderful light once Once you were not a people, but now

you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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