In January of 2009 some women in our church started this Bible study. I counted out how many lessons there were and how many weeks I had to do this Bible study before we left for orientation in Richmond, VA. There was enough weeks and so I decided to do it. I had never done a Beth Moore Bible study but had heard a lot of good comments from other women. This was also a way to get to know more women in our church.
Well, I never did get to finish it with that group of women. Two of the weeks were canceled due to snow storms. At the end I was just way to busy packing and feeling crunched for time that I wasn’t even getting my lessons/homework done.
I brought the book to Africa. At some point I started it all over. I read the book of Esther and I reread all that I had done in the study guide. But I only got a week or two done beyond what I had already done in the book and then something came up and it sat on the shelf again.
Then I heard about being able to download the audio, so that I could listen to the lectures that I had missed. So I wrote down the lessons that I missed and Steve downloaded them for me. This time I just reread the book Esther again and then just started where I left off in the workbook. Again one or two more weeks were done and it again went back on the shelf.
This week I got it off the shelf to see what needed to be done to finish it. Only one lesson and one audio lesson!!! Yea! Last night I finished it! It only took me three years and four months.
I love reading the book of Esther. This is the second time I have done it with a group of women as a Bible study. I highly recommend Beth Moore’s Bible study on Esther.
