8. The Power of Story: Esther and Ruth (ch. 1:6-22)

Questions

1. “I shall look at the world through tears.Perhaps I shall see things that dry- eyed I could not see.” Share about something you have been able to see through tears that you couldn’t or didn’t see dry-eyed.
2. Describe a time in your life where you shared Naomi’s view of God?
3. Did you feel encouraged or discouraged by those around you when you were wrestling with God’s goodness or apparent lack there of?
4. As a friend of a struggler, what is your worry or fear when being engaged in these hard conversations? What can we consider and do to be better support to the strugglers?