The Diary of a Young Woman

A teenage German-Jew in hiding in World War II Europe.

A twenty-something follower of Christ in 21st Century America.

Who knew they could be so similar?

I just recently finished re-reading The Diary of A Young Girl, the story of Anne Frank. It is such a fantastic story and it's so amazing how, separated by 60+ years and thousands of miles, separated by culture, religion, country, language and situation, we could be so similar. There are passages in her diary that I could place verbatim in mine.

She manages to convey the honesty of a woman's emotions, not censored or tempered but raw and real. She was trapped in a situation beyond her control, yet she rose above it. She planned her life, her dreams, her passions. She refused to let captivity, war, discrimination or age stop her from being who she was or doing what she wanted. She died in the pursuit of freedom, yet she accomplished so many of her goals. She is a world renowned author, she has educated generations of students across the globe, she has shared her life as she wished. It may not be exactly how she planned, but, is anything?


I can only hope to accomplish so much.