59. A Steadfast Woman with Bessie Knoester
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Bessie Knoester is a military wife who struggles with chronic illness, but she is also an example of a steadfast woman. Bessie's shares how her faith is rooted in a God who is trustworthy even in the midst of trials.
Bessie Knoester Show Notes:
“Becoming Elisabeth Elliot” by Ellen Vaughn: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-elisabeth-elliot-ellen-vaughn/1137037379?ean=9781535910934
“Joyful Surrender: 7 Disciplines for the Believer's Life” by Elisabeth Elliot: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/joyful-surrender-elisabeth-elliot/1128873102?ean=9780800729479
“The Wingfeather Saga” by Andrew Peterson: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/the%20wingfeather%20saga
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm your host, Erin Kunkel. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm your co-host, Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:18.3 | Our guest today on the Strong Women podcast is Bessie Canoester, which isn't that a fun name to say? |
| 0:25.6 | I love it so much. |
| 0:26.4 | I had to practice it several times, but I think I got it now, Canoester. |
| 0:30.1 | I need to tell you a couple things about Bessie. |
| 0:33.0 | The way that we heard about Bessie is from her sister, Cheryl Kay. |
| 0:39.7 | And we've mentioned Cheryl Kay several times, but I just want to tell you about Cheryl Kay. |
| 0:44.0 | She is our producer for this podcast, and she is a rock star. |
| 0:48.0 | She keeps us all level-headed and in the right direction and organized and visionary and all the things like and |
| 0:59.0 | she's become a super good friend so when she said hey you really should get to know my sister |
| 1:05.0 | Aaron and I said sure so we're super excited that Bessie has chosen to spend this time with us. But I also |
| 1:12.8 | wanted to highlight something before we really get into it because Bessie doesn't have a platform. |
| 1:18.4 | She's not an author. Her social media is not going to blow up when she posts this interview to it. |
| 1:25.4 | But what we really want to focus on on the Strong Women podcast is that it's |
| 1:32.4 | women in all spheres of influence. The idea of strength as a woman is not that you have a platform |
| 1:39.7 | or you have fame or everybody knows your name. Although that sometimes is the case, |
| 1:46.4 | but we think that showing strength as a woman |
| 1:51.4 | made in the image of God is looking at your spheres of influence, |
| 1:55.7 | no matter how big or how small, |
| 1:58.1 | and acting with intention, loving as Christ loves, and being faithful in those |
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