Questions to Ask Yourself when You Come Across a Woman in the Sciptures

Originally posted July 6th, 2009

On Sunday I taught a lesson on Women in the Scriptures at our church. My goal with the lesson was to help the women learn how to recognize and relate to the women that are mentioned in the scriptures. Often times all we get is a name or a brief mention of a wife or daughter and nothing else about her, but by stopping and taking time to think and reflect often times I’ve found that I can learn much about a what she must have experienced, what her life might have been like, and what type of woman she was. I’ve also found that I’ve been able to relate or “liken” the scriptures to my own life as a woman better when I remember that almost EVERY story has a woman in it somewhere– whether we hear about her or not. For my lesson on Sunday I made a list of the questions that I ask myself every time I come across a new woman in the scriptures and I thought they might be helpful for others in their own personal scripture study.