Women discussed in this book : Eve, Leah, Rahab, Deborah, Ruth, Hannah, Abigail, the widow of Zarephath, Huldah & Miriam, Esther, the Proverb 31 woman and Mary.

Since the beginning of time women have faced challenges in making wise decisions and balancing priorities in life. A Woman God Can Use examines the lives of several women from the Old Testament—their struggles, their choices, and their relationship with God. Issues such as marriage, leadership, and suffering are addressed as each woman's story unfolds.

This is a nonfiction Christian book about lessons you can learn from women of the Bible, and how you can apply these lessons to your own life today. Each chapter is dedicated to a different Old Testament woman and one New Testament woman, covering Eve through Mary. Each chapter ends with a series of thought-provoking questions for either group discussion or personal reflection.

I liked the fact that this book brought to mind several Biblical stories that we have heard before, but may have forgotten about, and helps you to apply lessons from these stories to your own life. The questions at the end of each chapter were another thing that I liked about this book... I was up late at night pondering them.

On the downside, there were several things about the book I disagreed with or did not like. I did not like the fact that the author only used the corrupt NIV and New American Standard Bible in the book. The KJV or YLT would have been much better. I also did not like the fact that the author talks so much about divorce and remarriage and how it's sad that the remarriage statistics for divorced women are so low, but does not mention that according to the Bible, unless under special circumstances remarriage after a divorce is wrong. And another thing that I disagree with is the author's broad definition of "abuse". She says that things such as a grouchy husband saying at every meal that his wife should have made it differently and complaining about everything she does is "verbal abuse". The husband may be a rude grouch and hard to live with, but I would never consider that "abusive"!

Overall, I am in the middle about this book. 2 1/2 stars. ( )

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