You see, my husband Ryan tutored students at that library this past school year, but I have always, ALWAYS been afraid to go in it.
This library is the closest library to our house and is located smack dab in the middle of Cleaborn and Foote Homes. I have strategically avoided it (even while in grad school) because I am a coward. Don't get me wrong...I spend most of my afternoons just a block away in a building that is much less aesthetically pleasing. We live a mile from the library. But the difference is that there are people I know inside the building and there aren't people hanging around outside. So, I've made excuses, "It's not safe to go in alone being a woman...I'm sure that it isn't a good library anyway." What? In broad daylight? I go tons of places by myself as a woman. It's a LIBRARY not a detention center. Not a good library? Talk about judgmental...
So....here it is. Does it look that scary?
Indeed, THE LORAX by Dr. Seuss motivated me to get over my fears and visit the library. I needed the book for MUM Summer Camp and could not bring myself to drive a long way to get it. I also wondered what God was thinking of my unrealistic fears and lack of faith.
Once again, God showed me a BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL place in the middle of the city. Younger children were reading, older children were being tutored, the desk workers were very attentive, and...and you could check out Big Books (normal children's stories in a bigger book) which you CANNOT do at the main library.
"What is, therefore, our task today? Shall I answer: 'Faith, hope, and love?' That sounds beautiful. But I would say -courage. No, even that is not challenging enough to be the whole truth. Our task today is recklessness." -Kaj Munk (quote from Irresistible Revolution)
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