Hinds Feet on High Places Study Questions for April 6, 2009 Chapters 7 and 8

This week we will be going through Chapters 7 and 8.

Chapter 7 On The Shores of Lonliness

1. What was the deep inner change that had taken place in M.A.?

2. What new and impossible thing was happening in M.A.? Has this happened to you? Does it seem possible that it can happen to you?

3. How does M.A. view the cove?

4. Why do you think the relatives descend upon her now? What is different about this “attack” from them? How is M.A. different?

5. What voices do you listen to? How do you defend yourself from them?

6. What does the Shepherd say is the reason that M.A. was overtaken by her relatives?

7. What did M.A. learn about herself?

Chapter 8
On The Old Sea Wall

1. How did M.A. respond when she saw that once again, her path turned away from her goal?

2. How did Bitterness gain a foothold?

3. What does the Shepherd ask of M.A.?

4. What do you make of the different settings of the journey? The desert? The sea wall? The woods? Can you see parallels in your own life?

5. What is happening in M.A.’s heart? Yet, how does she respond?

6. What does she ultimately find in her own heart?

7. The Shepherd says “Now shalt thou see what I will do.” When was that spoken in scripture and under what circumstances? Do you see a parallel here?