

When I, an avid reader of anything including cereal boxes, have to force myself to read a book, that is a bad thing. I along with other members of the group have found it very hard to understand what the authors are trying to say. This title was highly recommended - so it was selected for a small women's Bible study group. He offers to come now as the Hero of your story, to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel as a woman-they are telling you of the life God created you to live. The message of Captivating is this: Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. “Do these ten things, and you will be a godly woman.”The effect has not been good on the feminine soul. Sadly, too many messages for Christian women add to the pressure.

Most women think they have to settle for a life of efficiency and duty, chores and errands, striving to be the women they “ought” to be but often feeling they have failed. She finds no romance except in novels, no adventure except on television, and she doubts very much that she will ever be the Beauty in any tale. And yet-how many women do you know who ever find that life? As the years pass by, the heart of a woman gets pushed aside, wounded, buried. They are the secret to the feminine heart. Those desires are far more than child’s play. She longs to be swept up into a romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, to be the Beauty of the story. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious dreams.
