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In May 14, 2013, Our Daily Bread Devotional entitled “Becoming,” Julie Ackerman Link shares the following testimony,

I grew up in a small town.

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No famous people. No busy streets. Not much to do. Yet I’ve always been thankful for my quiet, uncomplicated upbringing.

One evening when my husband and I were attending a business dinner, a new acquaintance asked me where I was from.

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When I told her, she said, “Aren’t you embarrassed to admit it?” Unsure whether or not she was joking, I simply said, “No.”

Although my town was sometimes belittled for its lack of sophistication, it was not lacking in things that matter.

My family was part of a church community in which parents brought up children “in the training and admonition of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4).

Jesus also grew up in a small town: Nazareth. A man named Nathanael asked, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (John 1:46).

Jesus proved that the answer is yes. Even though He grew up in an insignificant place,