Different stories same author

Last week in class we heard from a few more women as they shared their stories with us. It was so interesting to see how each woman had a different story but also to see how they all related to each other at the same time. Despite their stories differences they all had the hand of God present within them. It was evident that even if they went through different struggles or places in life or held different jobs or occupations that God used and met them exactly where they were. I am absolutely amazed by the power of our God and how he is just so wonderful and intimate with each person. I am continually being blown away by the greatness of just how big our God truly is. Each woman that shared had a completely different story but each of them talked about how they began to really see the unequal opportunities based on gender after leaving their homes. Even though they traveled different distances they each saw the inequality and felt saddened by this treatment. It was interesting to me that it took leaving their own community and joining another to realize that their home community had it all wrong. But it is so true that until you leave your normal routine and the social norms of your home community you won't be able to understand that there are other ways of doing things. It wasn't until coming to college that I realized a great deal of things about my home town, and my home church that I grew up in. But just as much as you can see what your own community is doing wrong you can also see what they are doing right. I never really had a great appreciation for many things that I grew up with in my everyday life but after leaving all those things behind I have grown to appreciate them so much more whenever I get the chance to go home and enjoy them again. I hope that sometime soon in my own life I will be able to experience another culture so that I too can really get a new view of what my community is lacking and also doing well.