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Michelle DeRusha

Every Day Faith. Faith Every Day.

Christin Ditchfield

Go Forth Without Fear

September 24, 2014 By Michelle

Catherine of Siena

“Go forth without fear.”

Back in the fourteen century when Catherine of Siena heard these words directly from God, she answered. She stepped onto a path rarely traveled by women in her time, and she embraced her God-given role as a powerful and influential political envoy.

Take note: this command was not unique to Catherine. Every one of the women featured in 50 Women Every Christian Should Know heard God’s command, “Go forth without fear,” and every one listened, obeyed and answered yes.

The stories in this book illustrate that circumstances don’t matter as much as obedience itself, because God calls his daughters to answer right where they are.

For some, that entails stepping out of the uncomfortable, the familiar and the routine into the unexpected, the frightening, the foreign and the unknown.

Catherine Booth, for instance, feared preaching more than anything else, yet when she heard the call to rise and walk from the pew to the pulpit, she answered.

Ida Scudder never intended to follow in her parents’ footsteps as a missionary, yet when she heard God call her to serve as a doctor in India, she answered.

Mary McLeod Bethune felt unqualified to serve in President Roosevelt’s administration, yet when God called her as a voice for African American people, she answered.

For others, God’s call demands that they answer and act exactly where they are…

…Today I’m over at author Christin Ditchfield’s place, writing about what we can learn about obedience from the women who have walked before us. Join me over there? 

 

Filed Under: #50Women, 50 Women Every Christian Should Know, obedience Tagged With: #50Women, 50 Women Every Christian Should Know, Christin Ditchfield, Learning from Heroines of the Faith

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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a Triple Type A, “make it happen” (my dad’s favorite mantra) striver and achiever (I’m a 3 on the Enneagram, which tells you everything you need to know), but these days my striving looks more like sitting in silence on a park bench, my dog at my feet, as I slowly learn to let go of the false selves that have formed my identity for decades and lean toward uncovering who God created me to be.

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