Background Information Before Beginning Esther
We were to begin with the first day of "A Royal Mess" for this week.  The material began on page 11 for Day One and was entitled, "This is What Happened".  As you can see from the writing, this day contained background information concerning Esther.  I have shared some of my thoughts as I have studied through Esther and the preceding books of Ezra and Nehemiah.  Hopefully those comments will be of help to you.

Take your time and answer the questions within the lesson and if you desire to discuss a particular question or issue, please comment back to me and I will answer as thoroughly as possible.  I am not a Bible scholar, but together we can find nuggets of wisdom that the Lord desires us to uncover. 

One main point I'd like each of you to consider is a question posed on page 13.  It asks, "Beloved, what are you hoping for as you begin this Bible study?"  If you'd like to share, I'd love to read your thoughts.  I personally hope to gain more insight into the life of Esther whom I have admired for quite some time.  She put her life on the line for her people, but much was required of her.  I'd like to think I'd do the same, but there is so much more to the story.  I look forward to delving into the pages of scriptures each week with the individuals God has brought to this website.

I do love what was written in the margin on page 14, "When we trust our lives to the unseen but ever-present God, He will write our lives into His story and every last one of them will turn out to be a great read.  With a grand ending."  I want my life to be a page turner....how about you?

Looking forward to hearing from you! 
Blessings,
Cookie
 


Comments

Sue
01/22/2012 18:30

READY...SET...(boy am I ready to) GO..just starting the first day of week one and it is already caught me up in "then what" I am so excited about this study and I really feel that God gave you and me the exact book of the bible to study...at least for me..I am looking forward to each day and how it unfolds and really looking forward to how my story is going to unfold. How exciting !!

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