Connie Van Berkel
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Child of God, Christian Book Author
Refined by Fire: Defining Moments of Phenomenal Women
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This page was last updated: July 21, 2007
Read Connie Van Berkel's life story: Trials of Victory
There are women all over the world at this very moment who have gone
through, are going through, and will go through fiery trials that threaten
their faith and everything they value. Being driven to the edge of reason is
an experience that marks the soul of many women of faith at one time or
another.
- Where do women go when the heat’s on?
- What provisions has God made for the needs of His daughters?
- Where does one find healing and restoration for the pain that they’ve
- experienced?
- What forum provides laughter and entertainment while delivering
- inspiration and insight?
Among the greatest of tools that God has provided for a woman’s
healing and encouragement is the Refined by Fire book series. God ensures
us that in moments of this life, we will suffer. He warns us of this because
He wants us to know that the fires that surprisingly break out in our lives
are not news to Him. He knows the pain that each one of us will endure in
life. He’s not naïve nor does He want us to be ignorant of the fact that
though we are chosen for a purpose, we will endure some pain and shed a
few tears. But be encouraged because all of these things work together to
transform us into phenomenal vessels of honor.
God desires to dwell with us and bless us richly in all areas of our
lives. He makes His bountiful inheritance available to us even at this
moment, but we must continually mature in order to be found worthy of
dwelling in greater dimensions of this inheritance.
Consider the beautiful butterfly. Not a single one of them have
received their wings without a struggle. One would think that a butterfly
was born being the lovely creatures they are. We would never imagine that
a butterfly would struggle in order to develop the wings that make them so
precious. But on the contrary, it is the very process of struggling to set its
self free from the shadow of its former existence that defines the beautiful
wings of this creature.
As a matter of fact, without the struggling process of the young
butterfly breaking through the ugly shell called its cocoon, the butterfly will
never develop her beautiful wings, nor will she grace the fields with her
prancing flight.
Like the butterfly, God uses the process of life to make us
beautifully mature in time. You will discover as you read this book that the
process is priceless! The good times as well as the bad times all work. . .
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