Right off the bat I have to say that I loved the cover for this book. I loved it when I bought it and I still love it. There's just something about it that stirred me.
Why have we overlooked Sheba? The author makes a good point when she says that Esther was easy to like and Jezebel was easy to hate. She also brings up the fact that Sexy Sheba is only in Hollywood. But Sheba did start out as a pagan Queen. It helped that she loved and desired truth and searched for wisdom.
I enjoyed how this journey was put together. The author has some personal experiences woven in being vulnerable and sharing some of her near misses in her walk with God.
Some of my favorite insights is when it came to Encouragement,and Learning to Receive, that it teaches us Humility. There are plenty other insights as well.
There is Discussion Questions and a Study Guide at the back of the book. Also a more in-depth questions and study as each Chapter has it's own questions too.
---A couple of final notes for me:
Pg. 117- "according to 1 Kings 10:10 Queen Sheba gave 120 talents of gold" Her favorite translations says "Gold weighing as much as 120 small men".Really small men because a talent weighted only about 75 pounds. Anyway you weigh it, "4 1/2 tons (ERV) or "nine thousand pounds (EXB) of gold is a staggering amount.
-Liz's husband received a gift from her that meant so much. He could spell out the words "Soli Deo Gloria" which means in Latin, " Glory to God Alone".
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