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Women have great purpose in this world!

How Estherly was born out of a desire to encourage and build up women from all walks of life. The women of How Estherly each come from different places, upbringings, and perspectives, but are united with one common bond: being sisters in Christ!

In Ecclesiastes 4:12, the Bible tells us that “though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

We see a world in which women are bonded together in Christ – not allowing our differences to divide us – but relying on these different gifts God has given us to unite us as a vital part of the body. When God made women along with our unique attributes, He did not make any mistakes!

We want to inspire and uplift women to walk in their purpose and identity that God has uniquely given each one of us. We want women to courageously live out the life they have been called to in whatever position they have been placed.

You have been created with a purpose, for a purpose, ON purpose! There was no mishap, mistake, or error when you came into this world at exactly the moment you made your debut!

Jeremiah 1:5 says “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…”

Knowing what it truly means to be women as God created us – with a mission to succeed humbly and struggle joyfully within God’s design for womanhood – is a valuable, purposeful treasure.

While knowing that God has made us beautiful and unique, we don’t try to push others down in an attempt to be the “superior” gender. But by understanding the priceless gifts each of us women have been endowed by our Creator, it does mean that we can take up our place in this world with confidence and grace. It means we can rest in God’s love and sovereignty, and obey Him at His Word while being fearless daughters of the Most High.

We can courageously be who we are within our own souls, our homes, our workplaces, and our communities because of who we have been made to be, and because of who our Heavenly Father is. Strength can be shown in so many different and unique ways, and an array of Godly women who are pursuing Christ wholeheartedly make this world a better place.

Our vision is to be women who pursue our uniqueness with a humble confidence in Christ, sincerely caring for others around us, and impacting and influencing those who come after us to follow Christ wholeheartedly.

In God’s Word, we see how – so. many. times. – the Israelites stopped teaching those that came after them from generation to generation all that God had taught them through His messengers, His Word, and His prophets. Every time they chose to stop teaching others, they fell away from God. We don’t want to repeat this pattern as the women in our world today.

Who we impact and influence can be anyone we encounter: our kids, our neighbors, our colleagues, our friends, our families, our communities, and others who God places in our lives as divine encounters whether for one second or the rest of our lives. Whoever that is, we must pass on what we have learned and what God has spoken to us from His Spirit, His Word, and from other believers. When we share the Gospel to every person, we pave the way for God to use them for such a time as this. The time in which they were intended to live and the place where they can add their unique stamp on the world!

We are women who like our namesake the lovely Queen Esther, take up their position as dearly loved daughters of the Kingdom of God, who are willing to humbly speak in the face of danger, live out the purpose that God has placed on our lives, but also be willing to lay down that life for others. We are women who don’t have to pretend to be something we’re not to succeed in this world, but we are women who know our inheritance is greater than all the riches on Earth combined. We are women who walk by faith and trust our God to provide all of our needs and heal all of our wounds, because we believe His promises and we obey His Word. We are women who follow Jesus and tell others of His great love. We are a new generation of women who aim to exemplify God’s good design, view the world through a Biblical lens, share our strengths, and help each other in our weaknesses, and boast only in God’s goodness as we set an example for the next generation of Estherly women.

“For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows whether you didn’t come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this.” Esther ‭4:14‬

*How Estherly was originally co-founded by Jillian Gawlikowski, Lisa Henson, and Heidi Starr in 2019.