“True Grit: Inspirational book"

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True grit tells inspiring and exciting stories of nine ordinary yet courageous people and hard hitting “vital statistics” files between stories that highlights global abuses of girls and woman, such as female infanticide, child brides, sex trafficking, girl soldiers, female circumcision, and honour killings. These women are making difference in such places as Tajikistan, India, Egypt and Lebanon. It serves as a wakeup call to all crises facing woman around the world.  Aside from raising awareness of global issues, it also points out simple ways in which we can help turn the tide for women worldwide.
These valiant women were Kathryn, a deaf woman who built a ministry to the deaf in Israel by teaching computer classes 4 times a week at a deaf club, English classes once a week, home and hospital visits to friends and contacts are also a vital part of her ministry and monthly deaf bible studies in Hebrew sign languages disregarding all Terrorist attacks, shootings and bombing in Israel. Tammy,  A business woman that has been called by God to leave Singapore for the kingdom of Nepal to help dreadfully poor women. Joy Yorba and her family choose to live on a cargo ship; operation mobilization ship “ logos” that sailed throughout different country committed to Serving God.  Pam, who lived and worked in war-racked Tajikistan, a country which is completely foreign and unknown to westerners to relieve the suffering and improve the lives of the people of Central Asia, Both physically and spiritually. Cindy, a Vietnamese who escaped the communist state in 1978 as one of the boat people who experienced being maltreated by the pirates, but eventually went back to serve the people in her country of birth. Ruth who is willing to give up her life of comfort, decided to live in Egypt with her husband committed not only to work with the very poor but to live among them. Janice was born prematurely and struggling for life ended up having a very effective ministry to Israelis in India. For Nurse Mary Hill of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario in Canada, it wasn’t a volt of lighting or a voice from heaven that launched her from her comfort zone. She just happened to read about the need for nurses in a children’s feeding program in Northern Iraq, and after praying about it for a while, she decided she should take a year’s leave of absence and do her bit. 

 Deborah Meroff

True to its title, all in this book was gritty and sobering stuff. But the stories radiate much hope and show very clearly that the only source of meaning in our world is the Good News of Jesus Christ. Honestly, I can never imagine myself do such things or survive in the kind of situation that they got into. But what I realize is that, helping others doesn’t imply any qualifications or position in society. Because each of them is simply ordinary Christians that also have struggle within themselves but manage to help others by stepping out in obedience and trusting in an extraordinary God. What’s even unimaginable is that they endured different forms of abuse; most of them are from Asia while the rest is occidental who unlike the former has accessed to comfort and abundance. All of them, regardless of their provenance were found and used by God to touch the lives not only women but everyone who in this modern world who still endure inequalities in work, education, rights and other facets of life.

When I was done reading the book, I try to analyze, weigh and asses the experiences of the women in the story. I was astonished how bad situation turned into good ones. Imagining how those women give hope not only for a few but for numerous people that will change their lives forever. But I was saddened to read statistics from each chapter of the book showing twenty two vignettes featuring information and key facts prior to the situations of women in the world. It was unfortunately increasing every year. I realize that despite of modernization, most women still suffers from different struggles from our society that our government don’t give much attention. And yes, there’s a law that would put criminal behind bars, but it is seldom impose or has a very minimal punishment. I have heard many issues about child labour, prostitutions, trafficking and domestic violence but True grit has given me more insight and impact in my life. Beliefs that has passed down from one generation to another have caused sufferings for the sake of “supposedly” honor or acceptance to society which is certainly unjust.
The book is composed of only less than two hundred pages, yet each page teaches me lessons that I will surely bring forever. Privileged as we are to live in an orderly, clean and generally well to do environment yet most of us complains with small matters without realizing other people that faces strong hardships.  True Grit show how needy much of the world really is. For that reason alone, this book is good medicine: It show us not to be complacent. If we have been so blessed, surely it is with a purpose, so that we can share some of our abundant blessings with those who struggle to get by on so little.Overall, the book is very inspiring and I hope that many people will be able to read it and learn from it, not just to women but for everyone. I know that most people prefer fiction or much of a fairytale story, but hey! This is a lot more than a fairy tale story, It has a positive outcome that were probably not expecting. This book talks about us, women and facts that has happened and is still happening today, while we may not understand or find answer as to why these appalling things have to happen, actions can be done. Start by reading True Grit and informing others; awareness could serve as threshold to the much awaited change. You wont regret reading it, im telling yah :)
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