The Hero-Ine Within, Finding Fulfillment in Your Purpose: A Women's Devotional

By Michelle Tonkin

Is your life missing passion or joy?

Do you crave exciting challenges, but find no lasting happiness?

Are you at a loss for direction in your life?

Do you feel you have lost your purpose?

"The Hero-ine Within, Finding Fulfillment in your Purpose" will help you not only to answer these questions, but will encourage, inspire, and challenge you to become the hero-ine that you were destined to be!

"The Hero-ine Within" has a message for every women regardless of background, age, shape, or size. You have been on a mission from birth to realize your God-given call... to be the hero-ine in your world! No one else can take your place or fulfill this challenge!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jun 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512744910

Michelle Tonkin

About the author: Michelle is a Naturopathic physician and has published several articles in health magazines. She has also written two books on natural health and healing entitled "That's the Key...Unlocking the Door to Health and Freedom in Every Area of Your Life" and Lyme and Co-Infections: the Road to Recovery." Both of which are available on amazon.com. She is also involved in a music ministry with her twin sister, Melissa. Visit their site at www.deeprenewal.com ©2016

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The Hero-ine Within

Finding Fulfillment in your Purpose

A Women’s Devotional

Michelle Tonkin

Edited by Carol Tonkin

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Copyright © 2016 Michelle Tonkin.

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Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission. NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® and NIV® are registered trademarks of Biblica, Inc. Use of either trademark for the offering of goods or services requires the prior written consent of Biblica US, Inc.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-4492-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-4493-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-4491-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016909115

WestBow Press rev. date: 6/16/2016

Contents

Introduction: Hero… Me a Woman?

Chapter 1: Misconceptions about Heroes

Chapter 2: Famous ‘Hero‘-ines of the Bible

Chapter 3: Hero Stuff (what ‘hero’-ines are made of)

Chapter 4: ‘Hero’-ines in an Everyday World

Chapter 5: Let’s Wrap it Up…

Bibliography

Endnotes

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This book is dedicated to all the ‘hero’-ines in my life who have made a difference in my world. They have taught me to look beyond myself and reach out with open arms to those in need of rescuing…those in need of a true hero.

Hero… Me a Woman?

For most of us, the word hero conjures up images of familiar stereotype roles: Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and the like. For me, the word hero was always reserved for the masculine gender …someone who would traverse that tower of death to rescue the damsel in distress. In fact, many of us gals have grown up imagining ourselves as that princess, waiting for Prince Charming to show up and rescue us from one thing or another.

We have also seen the female counterpart or heroine in Wonder-Woman.

She saves the world by day, brings home the ‘bacon‘ and fry’s it up that night. All is right in her world…and all marvel at her supernatural skills. But what about me? How am I to be a hero? Who am I going to rescue? A better question might be: What are my skills…and who wants to be rescued by me?

I am convinced that deep inside the heart of all women, old and young alike, there is a longing, a burning desire not only to be rescued but to rescue. We have been given this passion and many of us have suppressed it because we weren’t sure how to fulfill this pursuit, let alone understand it or accomplish it.

You can be assured that God’s team of heroes didn’t end with the canonization of the scriptures. I believe that God is still on the look-out for heroes, both men and women alike, to be the heroes in their world. In these next chapters we will discover what it takes to be one of God’s heroes, a true hero-ine in our 21st century world. You might not realize it, but someone in your world needs you to be their hero- to save their life. So, let’s up, up, and away, shall we?☺

Chapter 1

Misconceptions about Heroes

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So what exactly is a hero… what do they look like…what do they do that makes them so special…and what do they all have in common? Webster’s version of a hero goes something like this: "a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability, an illustrious warrior, a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities, one that shows great courage, an object of extreme admiration and devotion." ¹

For many, our perceptions are probably similar and were most likely learned at an early age. Cartoons, movies, and the like portrayed our Superheroes as the average Joe who through some supernatural mystical process changed from the mediocre to the extra-ordinary. Sure we had our occasional Wonder-Woman, but most would agree Hollywood’s version was usually a man. Not many of us, men and women alike, have really associated the idea of a super-hero with that of being a woman.

I believe God’s line up of heroes is not

gender specific and looks a lot different

than one might expect.

So…what does a Hero/Hero-ine look like? Unlike Hollywood’s portrayal, real heroes are real