7 women and the secret of their greatness

Textbooks don’t always tell the full story in high school.Īll these women were bold in their own right. The 7 women Eric Metaxas wrote about were some I’ve heard about before that I hadn’t realized were even Christians. A mark of renewed hope and strength by their examples.

Some I have related to more than others but all of them have left a mark on me.

All 7 women had one thing in common… They trusted the Lord and because of this trust, they were able to boldly carry out plans that helped millions and changed history.Įvery woman I’ve met in this book has struck different chords in my heart. I find it amazing how God can use regular people to do great things. It’s one of those books where at the end of each chapter you have to pause and say, ‘wow that really happened she really did that?’ Yes, it’s one of those that inspires and leaves you in awe of what events transpired! Writing in his trademark conversational and engaging style, Eric Metaxas reveals how the other extraordinary women in this book achieved their greatness, inspiring readers to lives shaped by the truth of the gospel.So I’ve been reading this inspiring book called Seven Women: And The Secret To Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas. And Rosa Parks’ deep sense of justice and unshakeable dignity and faith helped launch the twentieth-century’s greatest social movement. Corrie ten Boom, arrested for hiding Dutch Jews from the Nazis, survived the horrors of a concentration camp to astonish the world by forgiving her tormentors. Susanna Wesley had nineteen children and gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn-writer, her sons John and Charles. Teenaged Joan of Arc followed God’s call and liberated her country, dying a heroic martyr’s death. In his eagerly anticipated follow-up to the enormously successful Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas gives us seven captivating portraits of some of history’s greatest women, each of whom changed the course of history by following God’s call upon their lives- as women.Įach of the world-changing figures who stride across these pages-Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Maria Skobtsova, Corrie ten Boom, Mother Teresa, and Rosa Parks-is an exemplary model of true womanhood.

7 women and the secret of their greatness