A Woman Whose God Is Enough

For most of their adult lives, Jack and Cynthia have been involved in Christian ministry. While trained as a veterinarian, Jack has been a chaplain to military personnel and to professional sports teams. He has discipled hundreds of men. Cynthia speaks to women's groups around the world and writes, primarily Bible studies.



I (Lynn) first knew Cynthia when we worked together on two books she published with Tyndale House: Maybe God Is Right after All and Uncommon Beauty. Our relationship was blessed with instant synergy. I respect her honesty, her humility, her insights, and her deep relationship with God.

Thirty years ago she wrote her first Bible study, Becoming a Woman of Excellence. Her publisher for that study (and the subsequent Becoming a Woman of ... Simplicity ... Prayer ... Purpose ... Strength ... Freedom ... Grace ... Whose God Is Enough...) is releasing a thirtieth-anniversary edition of Becoming a Woman of Excellence next year.

Covers of those and many others of her books hang on the walls of Cynthia's office.



She is quick to deflect the credit for those books back to God. "God had me write those studies because He knew I needed them. He knew I needed to learn more about Him, more about surrender to Him. The fact that the studies bless other women says more about Him than about me."

Bas and I recently spent a few days around Thanksgiving in their Tucson home. Cynthia and I took up where we had left off--with good conversation and many pots of tea.



We shared stories, laughed, prayed, and cried. We met their friends. We tasted local treats: turkey and cranberry sage tamales; Hatch green chile jelly; and lemons, limes, and oranges from their patio. We drank more tea.





Before we left for Phoenix the final morning, Jack and Cynthia took us into nearby Sabino canyon, where we rode the tram up the canyon. The enormous Saquaro cacti stood sentinel on the sides of the mountains. A beautiful, magnificent place.



Jack and Cynthia love the Lord, and they love people. Their life focus is helping people draw close to Christ. This quote sums up their desire:



It was precious to spend time with Cynthia in her home. I found her to be a woman of excellence, of simplicity, of prayer, of purpose, of strength, of freedom, of grace. She is a woman whose God is enough.