Longing For More
A Woman’s Path to Transformation in Christ
by Ruth Haley Barton
Summary
Ruth Haley Barton considers the unique role of women, as wives and mothers and faithful workers in the Kingdom of God. She discusses the way that religious establishments have traditionally silenced women’s voices. Barton encourages women to seek their true identity in Christ, to deeply explore their God-given passions and purposes, and then to stand strong in the calling of God on their lives.
Barton holds up the example of Catherine Booth to illustrate the results of living such a life: “Spiritual authority is born of her obedience, power is forged as she speaks the truth, and grace pours from her life as she channels her strength to serve others.”
Let this be true of us all!
Author’s Website
Longing for More: A Woman's Path to Transformation in Christ
Favorite Quotes
“The road to transformation always seems to lead us through the wilderness—that solitary place where the chaos in our soul starts to settle and it gets so quiet that we can finally hear the still small voice of God with clarity.”
“When we delve into the experiences of women across barriers of race and time, we can see that women’s extraordinary deprivation of dignity, equality and worth is not only systemic but a direct result of the enmity that came between Satan and the woman in the Garden of Eden so long ago. Ever since that day, women have been particular targets of Satan for all manner of discrimination, abuse, and inhumane treatment. Shame, blame, and domination, introduced as a result of sin, became tools of Satan to destroy the human family by causing one grouping of people to set themselves up as better than another—men over women, one ethnic group over another, one religious group over another…When we seek to restore to women (or anyone else who has been discriminated against) the dignity and equality that God intended when he created us, we are, in a very real sense, engaged in battle against Satan himself, who is still active in human affairs.”
“Each of us needs to cultivate our relationship with Christ as if it were only the two of us, because chances are a time will come when this is the case. That is why exploring this love relationship is so important—so that we can begin to see ourselves as God sees us and root our self-esteem in the bedrock of his love.”
