From the back cover - The message of Captivating is this: Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel as a woman are telling you of the life God created you to live. He offers to come now as the Hero of your store, to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. A woman who is truly captivating.
In the book, Staci, along with her husband, John, author of Wild at Heart, states that "Every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty." Each of these longings are discussed in detail with appropriate and timely scripture references that give a good biblical foundation for understanding the longings that women experience.
My favorite section of the book deals with the friendships of other women and the importance of those relationships in a woman's life. "Women friends become the face of God to one another - the face of grace, of delight, of mercy." Though female friendships may hold disappointments and hurts, an inevitable fact in our broken world, deep friendships are so important, it's the way God designed us!
I love the idea in this book that God is inviting us to a great romance with him. What a blessing to know!
Other topics in the book discuss sensitive topics of wounds and how they shape us and our relationships.
I enjoyed reading Captivating. If you'd like to get a copy for yourself Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John Eldredge amazon.com/dp/1400200385
Christy
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