Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Questions for Chapters 1-3

1. Have you ever experienced something similar to the Oxbow Bend canoeing experience described in the book? Can you recall a time in your life when you felt alive as a woman? Who were you with? What happened? How did you feel?
2. Do you feel like you are a woman? Are there places in your heart where you still feel like a little girl?
3. What expectations have been laid upon you as a woman? What do you feel pressure to be?
4. Have you ever imagined that God is yearning for you? That He longs to be loved by you?
5. Do you think most women are a little embarrassed by their deep longings to be romanced? Are you? Is this something you openly share with others?
6. What have you though a "Help Meet" was? Is it something you aspire to become? Dreamed of?
7. How does your fallen nature most often reveal itself? Would you say you lean more towards being a controlling woman or a desolate woman?
8. Do you like being vulerable? Are you comfortable trusting your well-being to someone else? What is it that you are afraid of?
9. What is there about you that you would like to keep hidden from the eyes of those around you? What are you afraid their response would be?