Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God by Noel Piper
Jessalyn Hutto
There’s something very powerful about reading biographies of Christians from the past. Their stories have a unique ability to challenge and encourage us as we are able to view their lives in their totality and trace the Lord’s providence throughout their earthly pilgrimages. In doing so, we are reminded that the God who was faithful to them, will be faithful to us as well–for he is the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow.
While it is true that we come away from these books with new heroes of the faith whom we desire to emulate, more than anything we come away from our reading with a greater understanding of our God and his ability to preserve his saints: providing for them, guiding them, loving them, comforting them, and upholding them. So while we can find many ways to imitate these saints, it is their trust in the Savior and his power that we most wish to cultivate in our own lives...
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