A Christian woman worked at an asylum and she believed that every one of God's creatures needed love, concern, and care. She knew of a girl called Little Annie. Annie was confined in a cell in the basement and was seen as a hopeless case. For months the Christian woman tried to talk with Little Annie, but it was like talking to an empty cell. She would read to her, pray for her, and bring special treats.

After several months, Little Annie responded to the love and she was given a second chance at treatment. After two years she was told she could leave the asylum. She chose to not leave. She was so grateful for the love and attention of the Christian woman that she decided to stay and love others as she had been loved.

Nearly half a century later, Helen Keller was honored in England as one of the most inspiring women in the United States. When asked to what she would attribute her success at overcoming blindness and deafness, Helen Keller replied, "If it hadn't been for Anne Sullivan, I wouldn't be here today."

Anne Sullivan, who tenaciously loved and believed in an incorrigible blind and deaf girl named Helen Keller, was Little Annie. Because one selfless Christian woman in the dungeon of an insane asylum believed that a hopeless little girl needed God's love, the world received the marvelous gift of Helen Keller.

To the world, the Christian woman was just a somebody...but to Anne Sullivan, and ultimately Helen Keller, she was the world.

No matter how many mistakes you have made. No matter how useless you may feel. No matter all the negative feedback you may receive. NO MATTER WHAT...you have the opportunity to be the world to somebody. It really has nothing to do with you. It has to do with God working in you, in spite of
you.