Ok. So I am barely to chapter 2. THe thing that captivates me is that women were made in God's image and all the thing that implicates. My need to be adored, sought after, captivating yes, but also the need for relationships and to know about people and there lives. All of this is a reflection of my Lord. He also wants to be adored and sought after to be found captivating and yes beautiful. He desires relationships and to really be known and apart of peoples' lives. It just awes me both that God would choose to reflect a bit, a huge bit, of himself in me and in all women. Men are beautiful in there own equally amazing way but the absence of women even in a very real daily sense leaves the world a bit colorless. THe line that stands out is ...can there be any doubt that Eve is the crown of creation? Not an afterthought...She is God's final touch...she fills a place that nothing and no one else can fill. Do you believe that ladies, guys? If we really did believe it we would live differently. We would love more deeply and trust GOd more senscerly. I want to believe it.

So I have started reading Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge. As I finish the first chapter I am left pondering 'what do I want? What does my heart call out to me?' THe authours say that deep in every woman is the desire for romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a shared adventure, to unveil her beauty (that really is in there somewhere).

I believe that I agree with these statements. I have become distracted by the most beautiful children in world so I will have to finish these thoughts later.