After a great deal of time and thought, I have decided to start yet another blog. I find writing helps me think and pray through things as I am writing. I intend for this blog to be a form of a prayer journal and active sharing of on this journey.
Since beginning this journey a few months ago now, I have had a look around the web for 'testimonies' of convert to this part of the Christian Faith- I have come across many inspiring ones and also many disappointing ones- which made me doubt whether I had embarked on this journey for the wrong reasons.
Another thing that I had noticed is this- if you google for conversion stories to Orthodoxy or even Catholicism as I have found- most sites do not have a division for men and women stories- if nothing else, most are mixed, and the one who do have a section- mixed or not- there seems to be a vast difference in between male and female numbers.
I have been fortunate to read many articles from women who have converted, but I found it frustrating on many levels as well, as a lot of this testimonies were from married women- often women whose husband or themselves converted together. Whilst I appreciate the need for these, as a single woman who is embarking on this journey, it was very difficult to find stories from young women like myself who went through the same things.
Therefore, whilst this will not be an attempt to be a female only blog, I would definitely like to redress the balance, by encouraging other women to write why they have come to faith married or otherwise. Not only for the converts, but I would love to be able to find and share stories of 'Cradle' Orthodox girls and why they have their faith and what it means to them.
I hope to do this all, in meekness and humility, with the love of Christ to guide me.
In Christ,
GreenButterfly
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