By Sarah*
Last year I had the privilege of becoming friends with and discipling a believer from a Muslim background from the Gulf. Hearing the story of her life before Christ was in many ways heart breaking, but witnessing the transformation Christ has made in her, and is continuing to make, is incredible. Her hunger for God, her heart to make Him known, and the risk of persecution she walks with daily, are both inspiring and challenging.
Women Who Risk follows the stories of a number of women from across the Arab world who have found truth and transformation in Christ. Their testimonies aren’t sugar coated, but are gritty, raw, and vulnerable, giving depth and detail you rarely get to see. Each account is a page turner, as one eagerly awaits the moment when each woman gives her life to Christ. But unlike the average chick flick, the stories don’t end with a happily ever after. We see what it looks like for these women to pick up their cross and follow Christ, to live with the realities of persecution.
In chapter 2 we meet Dina, a Syrian woman enduring an abusive marriage and desperately plotting her husband’s death. As war erupts around them and plans for murder are put on hold, can the light of Christ intervene? Can the darkness be overcome? Can salvation come to this house?
Read this book and you will be inspired by how Christ reaches into the darkest of places, in amazing ways, and makes Himself known.
Read this book and you will be challenged to think: Would I sacrifice this much for Christ? Do I live so wholeheartedly for Him? Does my view of God need to get better?
Read this book and you will be led to glorify our God, for He is at work in the Arab world!
*Name changed to protect identities.
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