Martin Luther and Diaper-Changing (CL)

On Sunday (May 13, Mother's Day), the Wonder Box contained a diaper.
You never know what's going to be in the Wonder Box!
The diaper was significant because it represented the story of Martin Luther, the 16th century priest and reformer who began the Protestant Reformation. Luther became a father and he once wrote a famous piece in which he discusses the importance of humbly serving God, in a way that allows people to respond to many callings, not just the calling to the priesthood. His point here is to emphasize serving God with humility (and while his theology is not our theology, and his times are not our times, this lesson in humility can be helpful).
I told you I'd post it to the blog, so here it is. Enjoy!   -Rev. Christina

 Here's what he wrote...

"Now you tell me, when a father goes ahead and washes diapers or performs some other mean task for his child, and someone ridicules him as an effeminate fool, though that father is acting in the spirit just described and in Christian faith, my dear fellow you tell me, which of the two is most keenly ridiculing the other? God, with all his angels and creatures, is smiling, not because that father is washing diapers, but because he is doing so in Christian faith. Those who sneer at him and see only the task but not the faith are ridiculing God with all his creatures, as the biggest fool on earth. Indeed, they are only ridiculing themselves; with all their cleverness they are nothing but devil’s fools."