Becoming a Woman Whose God is Enough
Becoming a Woman Whose God is Enough
By: Cynthia Heald
This is my second time reading this book. I had read it previously on my own over a longer span of time, but this time I did it as a Bible study with some high school girls over the course of 5-6 weeks.
Why I would continue to recommend this book and probably read it again in the future: The content in this book is so vital to our walk with the Lord. Being a woman whose God is enough means that regardless of your circumstances, regardless of what you have or don't have, regardless of who you think you are or aren't- as long as you are trusting in God- it is enough.
What this book does is remind us of who God is. Faith is only as good as the object it is in. We studied all of the reasons why we can know that God is enough for us- and there are plenty. We learned how to identify when we are thinking or behaving as if God is not enough so we can catch ourselves and remind ourselves of the power, sovereignty, love, justice, truth, provision, and restoration that we find in our Lord, Creator and Sustainer of all things.
The truths you encounter in this book are ones you will need daily because as humans we are constantly battling our desire to be our own god, to do things our own way, to doubt God, to question his love and his purposes. Every single day we need to wake up saying- "No matter what happens today, God, you are enough for me because I know who you are, and I know that you love me. And I choose to walk in those truths today." There is nothing more important than that- it gives us the correct view of God and our relationship to Him and reminds us that we need him and we can trust him. It also provides us with the appropriate lens to see and process our world through. We can live in confidence and in hope because our God is enough for us.
How it was set up: The study has several questions for each chapter with Scriptures to look up- which I liked and didn't like. I like that it gets you in your Bible, the girls commented that they became more familiar with their Bible. I didn't like that some of the verses didn't seem like the best choices for the particular questions or we had a hard time seeing a connection. The author included lots of thought provoking and encouraging quotations from well-known theologians. There was also a section detailing a Biblical example relating to the chapter of a time when God was enough but the person acted in a way thinking he wasn't enough. Then the author included her own thoughts more in narrative form at the end of each chapter. There were several further discussion questions to wrap up each section.
What we thought: We didn't always use all of the questions in our discussion time but there were plenty of questions to choose from that brought on good, meaningful conversation. We liked the quotes she included throughout. All of the Scripture-looking-up made the study a little more time-consuming and tedious. And of course the content was important and relevant for both myself as well as the younger girls.