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Cross Carry — The Final Chapter Funny how we can do a small thing faithfully over time till we realize we’ve accomplished much — like this book! We’ve met here once a week for thirteen weeks. We’ve been faithful to do a chapter a week; we’ve done well to do every part and now weContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 14”

Sword of Forgiveness and Restoration The Sword of Silence we yield, keeping it in its scabbard but at the ready. The Sword of Forgiveness and Restoration we lay aside altogether. It is one thing to have a sword and refuse to draw it, and quite another to have no sword at all. (Fencing Manual, p. 169)Continue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 13”

Sword of Silence Seated around the table, books opened, we all laughed that uncomfortable snicker as we looked at the title of this chapter. Sword. Of. Silence. Maybe we already knew this sword would be one of the hardest to wield. Turns out…we don’t wield it all. Yup. This is going to be hard! TheContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 12”

Sword of Light This week we pick up two more swords. The first is the Sword of Light. Our challenge and promise: Our Jesus is the light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel, and when we see Him, we will be like Him. (Fencing Manual, p. 132) The dark tunnel isContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapters 10 & 11”

Sword of the Harvest Girls with swords, we are armed! And the first sword we’re to learn about is the Sword of the Harvest. It’s important to think a bit on what “harvest” means so that we can apply that to this week’s weapon. Harvest. The gathering of crops. A supply of anything gathered atContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 9”

Sword Words The saber we’ve been entrusted to bear is not lifted with our hands, it is raised by our words. We speak the Word of God as a weapon heard long before it is ever seen. (p. 121) Words. The longer I live, the more power I realize they have. Bill Hybels, in hisContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 8”

Forging a Sword Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the “hero” within us is revealed. –Bob Riley And that’s how to start a chapter like this one! I think it’s safe to say that most women don’t see themselves as heroes, so it might be easy to breeze overContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 7”

Becoming a Warrior We have had such a progression so far in our study…identifying ourselves not as victims but targets, to recognizing ourselves a heroes on a battleground, and acknowledging the Cross as a sword. We are chosen. Now we move into Part Two: Trained. We’re ready to enter that battlefield, and Lisa would haveContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 6”

The Cross as a Sword in Lisa’s own words, “perhaps this is the most important” chapter in this book. Why? Because the cross is the crux of our faith. Lisa’s analogy of the cross to a sword helps us not only further understand the cross, but takes us to deeper levels of realizing just whatContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 5”

The Battleground We’re girls, so most of us don’t think like warriors – we’re typically nurturers, organizers, helpers. But if you’re like me, you have enough men in your life that you’ve seen a few movies or heard enough stories that you get the concept of war. Two sides. Opposing views. One winner. I knowContinue reading “Girls with Swords Chapter 4”