Comments on: My Faith Heroine – Aunt Anna https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Johnnie Alexander https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5582 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:16:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5582 In reply to Jean Wise.

Always glad to lend you an “idea lightbulb.” (LOL)

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5564 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:33:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5564 In reply to Johnnie Alexander.

Never thought of writing an actual bio of her. that is an interesting thought

]]> By: Johnnie Alexander https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5548 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:38:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5548 I wish you’d write her biography. What an amazing woman!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5528 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:34:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5528 In reply to soulstops.

I have several other faith heroines too so keep thinking – you will probably have more than one. I think it is a good practice though to step back and realize who is influencing your life deeply like this and get to know them better. More treasures to be found!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5527 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:33:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5527 In reply to marthaorlando.

Hi Martha, yes she was amazing and a person I hold dear to my heart. Can’t wait to meet her again in heaven someday.I agree the blessing from previous generations often isn’t appreciated until our later years. treasured memories… Hope your week is going well.

]]> By: soulstops https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5525 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:25:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5525 Jean,
I enjoyed reading about your Aunt Anna and her influence on you, directly and indirectly…she sounds like she led a full life 🙂 I would have to think about who my faith heroine is…most are people I’ve admired from afar.

]]> By: marthaorlando https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5524 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 20:17:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5524 Oh, wow, your Aunt Anna sounds like an amazing woman, indeed. You are most fortunate to have such DNA running through your veins, Jean. The older I get, the more I’m seeing family connections in those who have gone before me. Actually, my most recent posts reflects the influence of previous generations on our present lives. Blessings!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5523 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:13:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5523 In reply to Nancy Ruegg.

She was some woman and for her time period too. so much travel and interaction internationally. You are right we do appreciate it more as we get older. Legacy is such a good word to ponder – what we inherit and what we are leaving. Hope you are having a wonderful week, Nancy!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5522 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:12:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5522 In reply to Ceil.

She was certainly an amazing woman. I asked my mom one day if I could have anything of Aunt Anna’s since I was her namesake – she gave me several items that I cherish from her trips to Japan, then said take her old suitcase. In that suitcase were all the journals, passports, the unpublished book, and photos and letters. amazing….love the thought she is looking after me in heaven. thank you for that..

]]> By: Nancy Ruegg https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5520 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:41:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5520 I loved reading about your amazing Aunt Anne! And I found myself nodding in total agreement with your last paragraph: “Roots. Legacy. Grounded in faith. Deep undeniable DNA connecting generations. Our lives transformed and developed by the heroes and heroines of our heritage.” Appreciation for those elements in our backgrounds seems to grow as we age. (One of the benefits of getting older!) I, too, am thankful for a rich legacy through my grandparents, righteous ones who lived by faith (Heb. 10:38).

]]> By: Ceil https://healthyspirituality.org/my-faith-heroine-aunt-anna/#comment-5519 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:09:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3112#comment-5519 Hi Jean! What a powerful testimony to our human heritage! How did you get to possess all her books and journals? I wonder where they were all these years, as they waited for you to claim them.

A PhD from Columbia? Wow, that was a time when advanced degrees were rare for women. And such a prestigious school too. She really was in the vanguard of women in a writing and missionary career. You must be so proud. And I’d say you are much like her. I think you have a protector and intercessor in heaven, and a powerful one at that!
Blessings,
Ceil

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