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Surrender
but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned,all she had to live on
Courage
she came up behind Him and touched the fringe of his garment
Desperation
"woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?," She said, "no one"
Vulnerability
she knelt behind him, weeping, with her tears falling on his feet, wiping them with her hair
The quilt pieces together four women of faith from the New Testament whose stories were recorded without their names. They
each had an encounter with Christ that left an impression in history about how women were to be treated with significance.
Each of them had been condemned by society because of their poverty, disease, gender or promiscuity, but He accepted them
by caring for their personal needs and offering their hurting hearts grace and healing. He stood up for a hopeless woman
and reminded us to show compassion and give others a second chance. In a time when women were restricted by a patriarchal
society, Jesus singled them out and used them as examples for the way we should live—the willingness to give to
others even when we feel empty, the boldness to reach out of our isolation when we know we need help, and that it is okay
to be vulnerable when we need to spill out everything we have been holding inside. They embody beauty in their surrender,
courage, desperation, and vulnerability
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