– you’ll never be more prone to the enemy’s attack than when God has set you free from some sort of captivity, but you’re still on the raod to your ‘promised land’ ( when you’re weary and frazzled from the journey). * “ Insecurity is at the heart of every rivalry.” – we who comprise the His bride will make ourselves ready for the King through nothing less than the soul-healing pursuit of purity. We, too, can lose our sense of identity and forget who we are. – we, too, can become so steeped in our culture that we are almost indistinguishable from the world. None of the rest of us can bear the burden of constancy. – that’s why God is busy conforming us into the likeness of Christ alone. At those times, we might assume that God means to teach us a historical or spiritual lesson more than an ethical or moral one. – …some events remain gray to us regardless of our search through other Scriptures, leaving us without definitive ways to measure them. Only by measuring actions by other Scripture can we clarify right and wrong in certain morally ambiguous narratives. – God sometimes allows our confusion to coax us into further study of the entire Word. – I found it interesting… that Esther grew up without her dad being present… like me! – every time a Biblical character is mentioned for the first time, you can be sure there’s something important to learn – repetition in Scripture usually means that God is making a point – don’t ever forget what God dragged you out of! * “ You cannot amputate your history from your destiny” – we have a sovereign God who reigns over all and is threatened by NONE – the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the thrown of our own miniature kingdoms Abraham sacrificing Isaac Moses’ entire life! Joseph being sold into slavery Shadrach/Meshach/Abednego being thrown into the furnace Jesus’ death on the cross etc). – the Bible is full of stories where it seems like everything is hopeless, but then God saves the day so that His glory can be revealed (eg. – it’s not so much our story as it is God’s story ~ and it becomes ours as He writes us into it. I found it interesting that… Esther marries a PAGAN king and then stays ( and lives) in a PAGAN nation –> this makes me think of my own life, married to an unbeliever, and having a good number of unbelieving family members. For example: If I feel that God isn’t present with me, that’s a LIE! God’s Word says that God will “never leave me or forsake me”. – What God’s Word says is TRUE… what I’m feeling is not necessarily true. “ Providence” = nothing happens by chance So, I thought I’d give you a little bit of a taste of what I’ve been learning! Here are the quotes I’ve gotten from weeks 1-4, plus the introduction… And, man, is it ever good! I’m learning so much! My church’s ladies’ Bible study group has been working their way through Beth Moore’s study of the book of “ Esther“, subtitled “ It’s Tough Being a Woman“.
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