About This Book
She felt the fear. She went anyway.
Deborah led a nation when no one else would step forward. Rahab risked everything on a God she had only begun to know. Esther crossed into a throne room that could have cost her life. Abigail placed herself between two armies armed with nothing but her wisdom. Not one of them was fearless — they were faithful. Ordinary women who felt the tremble in their hands and took the step anyway.
In Faith and Courage, the opening book of the Hearts of the Bible series, Christian author and licensed counselor Stacy Huddleston sits with the stories of nine women of the Old Testament — a few well known, others barely given a name — and finds the same quiet truth running through each of them: courage was never the absence of fear. It was the choice to move while still trembling, held by a God who saw them, knew their names, and never once turned away.
This isn’t a book about extraordinary women who bear no resemblance to you. It’s about real women who stood exactly where you’re standing now — at the door you’re afraid to open — and discovered they were not alone there. Neither are you.
Along the way, you’ll walk with:
- Deborah, who led when no one else would
- Jael, who did the unthinkable
- Shiphrah and Puah, the midwives who quietly defied a king
- Abigail, who stepped between two armies
- The wise woman of Abel, who saved a city with her words
- Pharaoh’s daughter, who chose compassion over fear
- Tamar, who refused to be erased
- Rahab, who wagered everything on grace
- Esther, who was made for such a time
Each chapter pairs Scripture (Berean Standard Bible) with gentle, present-day reflection and closes with a word of encouragement — written with warmth, honesty, and a counselor’s understanding of what the human heart carries. Whether you’re facing a choice that frightens you, a season you didn’t choose, or a quiet ache no one else can see, the same God who met these women in the dark is waiting to meet you in the walking.
Begin Book One of the Hearts of the Bible series today.
For readers of Christian devotionals and women’s Bible studies — and for anyone who loves the women of Scripture.
About the Author
Stacy Huddleston is a Christian author and licensed clinical social worker whose writing flows from a deep, personal relationship with God. Drawing on years of walking alongside women through their hardest seasons, she writes with warmth, honesty, and a counselor’s understanding of the human heart. Her devotionals invite readers to slow down, return to Scripture, and rediscover how fully they are known and loved by the Father. She lives to remind women that they are never as alone as they feel.
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