![]() “We are to be Christ’s hands and feet.” -Maya MooreĪs Moore was growing spiritually, she was also maturing athletically. ![]() “It was a really powerful way for me to understand and relate to God.” “That was a vivid part for me in finding security and peace in knowing who I was because I knew who He was and because he relates to each of us as a Father,” she says. With that as the backdrop, Moore’s view of God as a Heavenly Father who saves and adopts lost sinners was transformative. The two, according to Moore, have since developed a relationship over the past 10 years. When Maya was born in 1989, her biological father wasn’t in the picture. “A year and change later, we ended up at another church, and I began to see God as my Father and really began to trust him with my life.” “My love of God’s Word was sparked ,” Maya says. It was a life-altering time in their lives, but for Kathryn and Maya, the consistent presence and peace provided by their commitment to Christ helped sustain them through the changes in scenery. By eighth grade, Maya had attended four different middle schools. But Kathryn’s career eventually sent the duo to Charlotte, North Carolina, then to Suwanee, Georgia. Maya Moore spent the first 11 years of her life in Jefferson City, Missouri, where she and Kathryn, a single parent, were surrounded by a loving extended family. Years later, she still trusts that as long as she keeps doing what she’s doing, God has great plans for her ahead. Those great plans have included unmatched success on the hardwood, which has elevated Moore to a platform from which she can effect change in today’s culture.ĭespite the many awards and accomplishments that fill her current résumé, Moore would humbly declare the most impactful of her endeavors happen away from the court, where she has a passion for being the hands and feet of Christ and serving those who can go “unnoticed” in our society-especially one man whom she believes has been forgotten by the criminal justice system. God said, ‘You just keep doing what you’re doing, and I’ve got great plans for you.’” ![]() “She was just hoping I’d be 5-foot-9 and make it to college. “We had no idea that I’d be where I am today,” Maya says, laughing at the memory. Kathryn-seeing a 12-year-old oozing with potential-helped Maya create the document as a first step toward envisioning and reaching for her dreams in a practical way. This small window into Moore’s past provides a revealing look at the strong-as-epoxy relationship between Kathryn Moore and her only child. Now one of the world’s most accomplished female athletes, what else would you expect from someone who many consider to be such an underappreciated superstar? Maya Moore first typed those words at her mother’s encouragement, an earnest declaration for a résumé she was writing-in sixth grade. Viewed in hindsight, this qualifies as an amusing understatement. This story appears in FCA Magazine’s May/June 2017 issue. Daily Impact Play and Other eNewsletters.
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