“A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike,” notes Solomon in Proverbs 27. It’s a reminder that recently hit home for me. Maybe you can relate. Two summers ago our family moved across the country (AGAIN!) and I had an eye issue that literally almost left me blind. I […]

Proverbs 11:16 says, “A gracious and good woman attains honor, and ruthless men attain riches, but not respect.” What a glowing compliment from King Solomon and what a shining example for us to follow! A gracious and good woman is a woman of action. Far from the mousy, helpless caricature that some would like Christian […]

In Proverbs five, six and seven, Solomon counsels his children that in marriage, the grass isn’t greener on the other side, it’s green where its watered. Problems in marriage are by far the most prevalent difficulties that I encounter in women’s ministry. You and I who have been married for more than two weeks have […]

Proverbs 3:25-26 says, “Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; for the Lord will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being caught.” We certainly live in a time where fear seems warranted, don’t we? Frequent terrorist attacks have altered many of our activities, […]

Psalm 113 is the first in a group of Psalms (from 113-118) called the “Egyptian Hallel”. (“Hellel” means “praise” in Hebrew.) These songs were sung at all of the Jewish Biblical celebrations and as we read words like, “Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on high, who humbles Himself to behold the […]

Psalm 27 includes a verse that begs us to look closer. David declares, “When my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me.” He doesn’t say, “If my father and mother forsake me,” he says, “when.” This is something that David knows about. Having a parent forsake you is one […]

I dare you to read the book of Job and not say, “What. In. The. World?!?” The scene in which Satan presents himself before God and told the Lord that he had been busy, “Going to and fro on the whole earth and from walking back and forth on it (Job 2:2)” is enough to […]

A lot happened between Esther chapter four, where the entire Jewish population had been given a death sentence, and chapter eight where their archrival, Haman, had been hung on his own gallows and Queen Esther had successfully found a way to save her people. The pivot in the story comes in Esther 4:15. “Then Esther […]

The third chapter of the book of Esther closes with some chilling words. After the king had agreed with Haman to exterminate the entire Jewish population in the kingdom, “The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to […]

Many note that the name of God is not written in the book of Esther. However, we will find that God is so involved in every tiny detail of the story that it would be impossible to forget Him for even a moment. I can’t wait to study it with you! The first chapter of […]