There is a book my mother-in-law gave me many years ago by this title and when I read it I knew it was for the future me. It’s cover description is a call to women to “awaken to a life of dangerous prayer, stunning power, and teamed purpose” and while at the time I was just struggling just to get through the day, I felt the faintest stirring in my soul that there was something, a long way off, that would make me become a warrior.

Then 2020 hit, and I don’t mean my personal family’s struggles. I mean the blatant attacks against the God, family, the basic principles of liberty, and the foundations of our country….and that old latent rumble in the recesses of my spirit revived. Mama Bears everywhere began to rise up and draw the line in the sand; I have been so proud and encouraged to see women everywhere finding their voices to speak out against the tide of evil and defending truth for the sake of their children. Courage has been discovered that we didn’t know we had to take a public stand in the midst of astounding censorship and the flood of derision and opposition from the government down.

I have had countless conversations in the past two years wondering where the men are. Why are most of the active people in this war for liberty women? My initial thought was that society has desmaculinized men for so many decades that they no longer stand up to lead, but that’s not true either. Men are in this, but I think the reason we are seeing so many women is that the battle has come too close to the dens. When the children are threatened, mama bears – and lionesses – are a force to fear.

So I have been studying for two years. What does our Constitution really stand for? What did our founders really say about liberty, government, and God? Are we a racist country (no)? Where has God been anyway? I helped start a liberty group in my county. I started attending a lot of public meetings and learning about local politics. And all the while, the rumble was growingLast week I felt a shift in my spirit during my morning prayer time, and I told God that if He wanted me to speak out publicly, I was ready to face my dislike of having “all eyes on me” and be obedient. Two days later my friend asked me to read someone’s speech at the state Board of Education meeting, and I recognized the test — when you say “yes” to God, He’s not long in holding you accountable! I accepted. Then the day before she told me she felt that I would be giving my own speech, and I knew that was correct also. I sat down that night and wrote without any hesitation.

I think it’s funny that I thought I would start out at a small local level, but God immediately called me to a televised state board meeting and forced me to deeply examine myself: do I believe in these principles enough to televise my very nervous and imperfect speech? Do I trust Him and His work in my life enough to take such a huge step out of my comfort zone? I learned the power of applying prayer directly to my immediate circumstance: “I do not have a spirit of fear, but of POWER and of love and of a sound mind,” and the weight of peace that I felt after completing the task and leaving the room was palpable. Amid folks I don’t even know thanking me for speaking, I recognized that it was just something I HAD to do and I thanked God for finally helping me to “proclaim the good news of righteousness in the great assembly,” even though I didn’t speak outwardly of righteousness at all but rather Constitutional principles (which were founded on principles of righteousness).

But all of this is only because WE are rising – or rather, God is raising us up everywhere. This post isn’t about me or what I’ve done; it’s what God is doing. If He chooses to take unimpressive me and send me to talk to a state Board, then He’s definitely doing something! Madison wrote in Federalist 57 “If this spirit [which nourishes freedom] shall ever be so far debased as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate anything but liberty.” Unfortunately in the U.S. right now there are a lot of people that seem to be prepared for anything but LIBERTY.

It’s up to us to revive the spirit.

P.s. : The book is by Lisa Bevere if you want to check it out!