What Can She Tell Us

By Julie B. Cosgrove

Journey with eleven unamed women as they encounter the Holy bursting through into their mundane. Each woman's tale is discussed with ample space for reflective notes. Great for individual and group Bible studies,for men and youth as well as women.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257518265

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Christianity

Dedication -

For women everywhere who seek to know Him, and to the wise women who have helped me through their love and wisdom to do the same.

Preface

Dear Reader -

I thoroughly believe that the characters in the Bible can be examples for us today. That is why the stories were told. They not only point us to Jesus, but how we should act in His presence, act with each other. In the pages of the New Testament were real women with real hurts, struggles, shortcomings, and at times, great faith. Each has a lesson to relate to us even now, thousands of years from the time they last breathed a breath on this earth.

There are well known women in the New Testament - Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Martha and Mary, Lazarus's sisters. Just like their sisters in the Old Testament, Ruth, Naomi, Sarah, and Esther, and the Proverbs 31 woman, their faith and sacrifice are noteworthy examples for us today.

But there are lesser known women, some who are never named, and are only known as the woman, who have just as great a tale to tell. Their actions and reactions to Jesus and his disciples can also be a testimony for women of all ages and in every age, and are worth telling until the day when He comes back for His own.

Perhaps you will identify with all of them, perhaps only one or two. You may even thank God you cannot identify with some of them. But even so, each is recorded in Scripture for a reason. Their stories are told for our benefit, and are worthy to ponder. Maybe, just maybe, they will help you see how you can walk closer with your Savior.

And is that not our place on this earth? To witness and learn from each other what our encounters with the Savior and other Christians have meant to us? We each have a story to tell. So did these women. Praise God in Heaven that He guided those who witnessed these women's lives to tell others about them so, eventually, these accounts would be written down for my benefit and for yours.

As we encounter Christ in our lives, our actions may never make the pages of a book. Yet, the Holy Spirit can use them to write the message of God's love on the hearts of others.

Each of us, I hope, has one or two special women they have known who have shown us God's truth through their daily lives, words and actions. If you do not, ask God to seek them out for you. We women need each other to comfort, instruct, pray and be a witness to each other.