I am working this morning on the introduction to the book the women participating in Heroine Fellowship (heroinefellowship.org) have created. Here are a couple of lines... I have long been a fan of the word ‘heroine’. It has more depth than the popular “God’s princess” message, which conjures up images of pink dresses, and waiting in towers for rescue. I know we have an identity as daughters of the king, but I have been endeavoring over these last years to talk to girls in the next generation about being God’s heroine instead. We have many biblical examples of women who did the right thing, regardless of the cost to themselves. We see Miriam, and Esther, Deborah, and Mary. The list is endless and these women were courageous, bright, thoughtful, unselfish, obedient, and the list goes on. These are qualities we need to cultivate in the next generation. They will be next to cooperate in God’s plan to feed the hungry, visit the sick, defend the truth, and share the best news with the lost. During an informal survey I conducted online, I asked women to name who came to mind when they heard ‘heroine’. There were lots of entries about mothers and sisters, tales of how we see their sacrifice and consistency. They have substance, grit and willpower. I also heard names like Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Mother Theresa and Joan of Arc. Clara Barton, Corrie Ten Boom, Harriet Tubman and Elisabeth Elliot. What these women have in common are qualities we aspire to possess; they have stood up for who and what they believe in. (And we are taking note.) A heroine is remembered for her actions. She is living what is to her, an extraordinary life. Not fulfilling someone else’s ideas of who she should be, but creating a life based on what she feel God has stamped into her soul. My favorite heroines see their everyday as an opportunity to connect with a larger world; they are hungry to know there is more substance to life than reality television sells us. When we created Heroine Fellowship, we wanted to spend less time filtering what the world was teaching and more time captivating the girls with a greater truth. We can’t avoid what they will see in the world, the messages they are absorbing through media and peers, but we can purpose to tell them about the grandmothers and the Corrie Ten Booms. Corrie Guckenberger Jenna Ghizas
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:11:26 +0000
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