Today is International Woman’s Day. Today is also the day Perpetua was martyred. Perpetua was a woman from a wealthy family in the time when Roman coliseums boasted the death of the Christians. She came to know Jesus. Was found out. Had her baby taken from her. Was sent to prison where she wrote letters to encourage her fellow believers. Refusing to denounce her faith She was sent to the coliseum. A wild ox was sent in with her to gore her to death. But God. God protected her from injury by the beast. In the end she was killed by the sword. A much cleaner and faster death. It is said that she made the executioner wait as she straightened her hair and then said, “now I am ready to see my king.”
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I am a young woman who grew up in British Columbia. In BC was all I ever wanted; I had my poodle (Max) and all my friends, Saturdays at the Vancouver Aquarium and Sunday afternoons at one of my favorite beaches it was paradise. But God had a different plan for my life and my dad's job landed us in Alberta and now where I remain, in small town Souris Manitoba. The transitions from paradise to prairie were difficult and I will admit that now 10 years later I still refer to home as Abbotsford BC. Through this crazy pathway trek across Canada I have had one true constant, God; and though none of it was easy, everything that has happened in my life has formed in me a true lasting friendship with the one I call Immanuel. Because no matter how far from home we are God is with us, and thanks to God I have found an almost completely over looked beauty in Manitoba. If you open your eyes you will see that God has planted wondrous things everywhere you go. View all posts by carriedinthecross
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