Ladies do you believe we are now in the 3th month of the year. I love our book for this month it was a very deep moving story. I know allot of you read it so lets have fun talking about it.
How was Sarah/Angel rejected and betrayed? What were her earliest experiences with God and/or the church?
What experience did Michael have with rejection or betrayal? Contrast Michael’s and Angel’s examples in coping with life’s circumstances.
Who else in the story suffered from rejection or betrayal, and how did they cope?
Which character do you identify with the most and why?
Describe a time when you were rejected or betrayed. To whom did you turn and why?
Which scene do you feel best shows how Angel was resigned to relying on no one but herself? What events caused her to do so? Why do you think she never cried out to God?
Contrast Michael with Angel in regard to authority.
Describe Miriam’s relationship with God. Why were her attitudes and beliefs so different from Angel’s?
On whom do you rely and why?
Who helped Michael escape his past? In what ways was he rescued?
Angel repeatedly tried to escape her circumstances. Describe the various plans.
Discuss Michael’s rescue of Angel from the hand of Magowan.
Why do you think Angel returned to her former ways?
From what or whom are you trying to escape and why?
What causes you to return to old habits?
Angel was bought and sold on numerous occasions. What was different about Michael’s redeeming her? Discuss the role of trust (or lack of trust) in Angel.
When Michael and Angel helped the Altman family, what did Angel learn about Michael? Herself? God?
What trust issues do you have? Who has God placed in your life as positive examples?
Describe the changes in actions and thinking that took place after Angel was rescued a second time by Michael. What do you think caused the changes?
What caused Angel to leave yet again?
How is this different from before?
Why was it necessary for Paul to be the one to find Angel?
What did he learn about himself? How did this help him?
What did Angel learn through this experience?
What was Michael learning through this difficult time?
Is there someone who needs to be reconciled with you? Or, do you need to be the one who does the reconciling, like Paul did? Explain.
What steps had Angel taken to restore her spirit?
What were the lasting effects of Angel’s soul search?
What steps did Angel take to restore her marriage? How did Michael respond?
In what ways did God reward Sarah and Michael?
. What have you learned about the love of a man for a woman?
. What have you learned about the love of God for all mankind–including you?
Ladies I do not have time to answer the questions today but I wanted to get them posted. Please answer any or all of the questions as you wanted to. Also tell us what you think about the book in general.
I know what you mean about taking things in our own hands too often we are like the little boy who ask dad to fix his toy but never hand it over or gets taking it back. It worrisome to think that we are the only Bible some people may ever read. I know I want to shine but I fall allot of the times.
I hope your vaction was super great.
I loved this story it really put the Book of Hosea into perspective to me. I can somewhat relate to Angel/Sarah not that I didn't have a great childhood I did but with my first marriage after being beaten and emotionally and mentally abused and having a child that wasn't born yet killed with a beating and trying to please him by having his girlfriend live with us.I became very careful and not trusting any one. It took me 3 yrs of dating and living with my dh before I would marry him and it is still hard to not flinch. Dh and I have been married for 30 yrs now. But the Lord has worked greatly in both of our lives and in me learning to trust men again.
The book was a great read.
I am so sorry you went thought a bad marriage. And I am so sorry you lost a baby . I have be so grateful to God for my sweet Lannie, he is a very good sweet man.
i am also glad you enjoy the book.
I have been very stressed to see that some really ungodly (I guess that is the way to say it) have been posted on Amazon reviews. The book is based on Hosea and God used his marriage to show Is Isreal that they had prostituted themselves to idols but like Hosea God would accept them back. He is God so it was His Choice to do it this way. One post said that if the prostitute could be accepted then a homosexual marriage had to be. Missed the part that Jesus told the woman caught in adultery to go and sin no more. As He tells all of us because we are sinners saved by Grace,
It is very sad to think people could read this wonderful book and not see the love of God in it and how he forgives over and over again. All we can do our post our own review if they will allow it and ask God to bless the people who read this book.
The Shut Mouth Society?
- Alieda
on Mar. 1, 2011 at 8:18 AM