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November 25, 2009 | Mama Smith

gutsy women

I’ve been reading a compilation of the writings of Michal Ann Goll, who passed away last year. She was one of those women who Jesus set free from years of operating out of fear – fear of man, fear of failure, fear of worth – and used her to empower other women to do the same.

I love this quote from her book Women on the Front Lines: A Call to Courage where she is challenging women to fight back against all those lies we believe about ourselves, about our circumstances, about our lives.

Dont’ let your fears stand in the way…Take out the spike of intimidation and, like the Israelite woman Jael did to the Philistine Sisera in Judges 4, drive it into the enemy’s head and kill the plans and schemes he has devised against you. We must be ruthless with the devil; he surely has no mercy on us!

If you’ve never read that story in Judges (I hadn’t, in my prim and proper Christian upbringing), go check it out.

Oh to have woman-balls like that!

laury said,

Nov 27, 02:19 PM

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laury said,

Dec 1, 11:29 AM

old comment didn’t really register. hmmm… what it said was,
“i love this amy“—or something to that effect. ;)

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I am Amy Smith

Amy Smith and Family including Matthew, Brighton, and Levi

I’m a mother of two minismiths (with the third having beat us all to heaven, lucky duck), wife to Matthew, crazy-loved daughter of the King, and fervent believer in the healing power of bluegrass music.

As healing and growth has blown the lid off 2009 for our family, we stand amazed at the overwhelming love of our Father and his sweaty diligence in sawing away the dead branches this year. It was messy, trust me.

2010 has continued to press us hard into Jesus as an unexpected pregnancy put a halt on our adoption plans, leaving us overjoyed with anticipation for minismith #3. Only to find out Jesus had called her back to Himself 9 weeks later.

We now stand with our hands open, asking Him to fill our aching hearts with Himself and lead us on through this season of healing.

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