Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
7 Women (Joan of Arc (courage ("Who was she to lead an army? She…
7 Women
Joan of Arc
courage
"Who was she to lead an army? She hardly knew how to mount a horse, much less how to lead soldiers into battle. But as she was a girl of deep faith, she did not doubt that these messengers were indeed from heaven and must be taken seriously." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg. 5
"The English withdrawal made a French advance more dangerous, but Joan rode toward them nonetheless." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg. 14
Susanna Wesley
patience
"The persistent financial difficulties must have been especially hard to bear, and she wrote prayers asking for help in learning to accept them." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg. 46
Hannah More
wisdom
"But she was also known for having a distinctly moral bent, often imbuing her writings with particular lessons, a penchant that would follow her throughout her life." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg. 61
Saint Maria of Paris
confidence
"All she did and how she behaved were all without precedent in the world of nuns, and she raised both eyebrows and tempers." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg. 98
"We cannot cultivate dead customs-only authentic spiritual fire has weight in religious life...Our God-given freedom calls us to activity and struggle." -Saint Maria of Paris 7 Women pg. 99
Corrie Ten Boom
forgiveness
"For I had to do it-I knew that. The message that God forgives has a prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us." -Corrie Ten Boom 7 Women pg. 136
"She prayed that God would forgive her, as she now forgave Jan Vogel, and asked God to bless his family." -Corrie Ten boom 7 Women pg. 125
Rosa Parks
initiative
"So he told me if I couldn't go through the back door that I would have to get off the bus....I stood where I was." -Rosa Parks 7 Women pg. 146
Mother Teresa
compassion
"Mother Theresa said she saw Jesus in every man, women, or child she met, and she treated them accordingly." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg.168
she wanted to show Christ in all she did- in helping the malnourished child and the women dying in the gutter." -Eric Metaxas 7 Women pg. 168