One of the chapters was about St. Joan
I asked her, "What are some important things from the story that you remember?" One of her responses was
"She made the prince a king!"
Latter it dawned on me that that was really significant to God for this one person at that time to become King. So much so that a young girl was given visions and voices from God to lead not only victories on the battle field, but also social victories. She put the political structure back in order. She put a king back on France's thrown.
It was really important for some reason for these victories to happen. France as we know and joke has lost many battles, and many wars, but for some reason, it was important for France to win victories in the hundreds year war such as in the battle of Orleans. What did one small victory matter in the long scheme of things? Well, it mattered to those individuals fighting and it mattered to God, for he sent Joan, a village girl, to lead the army.
St. Joan of Arc's story made me realize that God does care about our political situations, our military battles, as well as individual souls.
Perhaps the French Dauphin Charles did not think it really mattered if he was king or not. Well apparently it mattered a great deal, just as much as it matters a great deal to God that we overcome the sins (cowardice, sloth, pride...ect) that are holding us back from His will.
Your story is important to God for some reason. Don't be afraid to live it out and make a lasting difference. The author of History knows what he is writing, Don't be afraid to follow his quill. We do make a lasting difference, and who we are and what we do does matter.
The virtue the girl saw in the story of St. Joan was Obedience.
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