155. Esther: Seeing Our Invisible God in an Uncertain World -- Lynn Cowell & Amy Carroll

What do you do when God seems to have vanished? Maybe you feel alone in your decision making, your parenting, in your life? This is the question on the back of the book that we are going to highlight today. It is called *Esther: Seeing Our Invisible God in an Uncertain World. I don't know if you know this, but Esther is one of the two books of the Bible where God's name is not mentioned once. We are going to dive deeper into this today in our study. But I think it is amazing, because God's fingerprints are all over the book of Esther, but His name is not mentioned. Maybe that is where you feel like you are in your life.  You are like where are you God, I don't see you or feel you. Are you even working? So I love that we can study the life of Esther, and we can see that God still is present. He is still working! I am so excited to have Lynn Cowell and Amy Carroll on the podcast to talk about their Bible Study. It is phenomenal, and we are going to dive deeper into their 6-week study with these words: Listen, Feel, Do, Speak.  Also, both Lynn and Amy are writers for Proverbs 31 Ministries, and I am so excited to share about this amazing ministry for Giving Tuesday. I cannot wait to tell you more about that at the end of the episode. Again, you are going to learn so much from Amy and Lynn.   Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Lynn and Amy's new book: *Esther. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/r8k3tr/esther-bible-study-giveaway It is fun to have Lynn back on the Podcast! If you missed my first conversation with Lynn and Michelle about their book, *Loved & Cherished, please check out Episode 51 on the Depth podcast. I love this devotional for young girls. Giving Tuesday Episodes Water Wells- A Way To Help (Episode 61) Joy Jars- Jessie Rees Foundation (Episode 111) Proverbs 31 Ministries: Home Page for the Proverbs 31 Website Giving to Proverbs 31- my conversation with Danya (Episode 39) First 5 from Proverbs 31- growing deeper in my faith (Episode 115) Book Recommendations: *Highs Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard *Forgiving What You Can't Forget Bible Study by Lysa TerKeurst *Forgiving What You Can't Forget Book by Lysa TerKeurst Lynn Cowell is a national conference speaker who passionately empowers women of all ages to understand the importance of Christ confidence. She is the author of several books including *Make Your Move: Finding Unshakable Confidence Despite Your Fears and Failures for women, and *Brave Beauty: Finding the Fearless You just for girls ages 8 - 12. She also serves on the speaking and writing team for Proverbs 31 Ministries. Learn more about Lynn Cowell and her writing at lynncowell.com. Amy Carroll delights in gathering a community of women with tender hearts and strong voices. She's a speaker and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries, a speaker coach, and the author of *Breaking Up with Perfect: Kiss Perfection Goodbye and Embrace the Joy God Has in Store for You and *Exhale: Lose Who You're Not. Love Who You Are. Live Your One Live Well. Learn more about Amy Carroll and her writing at amycarroll.org. *Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!