AT HOME IN MITFORD - WEEK 1 INTRO
- Sarah
- Oct 6
- 2 min read
AT HOME IN MITFORD by Jan Karon
I will link the interview that I read that Karon gave in 1998 at the bottom of this post for those of you who would like more info. My next post on Mitford will be on the first 2 chapters and will be posted Thursday, May 3. That means it's time to dig in and start reading At Home in Mitford! Yay!!
In the interview Karon talks about a time in her life where she knew things were "terribly, terribly wrong." As I wrote yesterday her early life was not typical. By 17 she was divorced, raising her daughter, and only had 8 years of school education. She references Pascal's illustration of the "God-shaped vacuum" we all have inside. Desperately trying to fill the hole, she began experimenting with multiple religions including Eastern religions and Judaism, but the hole remained. Growing up hearing about Christ, but never really understanding , she decided one night to give Him a try. She was 42 years old and unsure if she was "doing it right." She asked Him "to take it easy on her" as she found her footing. Little by little He revealed Himself to her in very real ways. According to the interview her life was very "frazzled" in the advertising world, so trusting Him, she walked away from it all. She went from high living to cutting her lifestyle in half, and it was a "blow to her pride." She didn't know how everything was going to end up, but she did know the Lord kept asking her to follow Him, and she did. The journey was hard and there were times of bitterness, but the Lord was faithful, and today she says that God didn't waste a single bit of that time. He was teaching her the whole way through. The books have given Karon the platform to share her faith in so many arenas both through the written word, but also through her physical encounters with the public. I have to say that before reading this interview I admired her greatly because of her writing. I didn't think it possible, but my admiration just tripled.
