Historical Women

Last Thursday evening the five of us sat in a circle in front of the Coffin fireplace and shared the incredible stories of historical, amazing Christian women. I think what we need to ask ourselves as we absorb the stories of these women is "What can we learn?" Each story is unique and certainly has it's own lesson to share, but I think there is one underlying, incredible thing we can take from all of them and that is that they lived their lives as reflections of God's crazy redemption story. I talked about Corrie ten Boom and read the excerpt from The Hiding Place where she recounts a meeting she had with one of the former SS officers from the concentration camp she was at. Instead of allowing herself to feel hate, she forgives the man and her comment is that, "There is not pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still." That is an amazing testament not only to her life, but to God's story molding, guiding, and defining the life of an ordinary woman in incredible ways. Megan, Brady, Kim, and Sophia had similar stories to share and I enjoyed sitting, listening, and learning lessons from women much wiser than myself.