Being a Girl

What an amazing thing it is to be an ancestor of Eve! I finished reading a really amazing book about women (listen up gentlemen...) called, "Captivating" by John and Stasi Elderedge. It was truly an amazing book. God really used it to put to words the deep desires of my heart, and probably every other woman's heart as well. It described what a woman's heart secretly cries out for: To be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty.
That's it! That is what my heart longs for! And it's evident in most woman's lives, if you take a closer look behind what we all do.

"Why is it so hard to create meaningful frienships and sustain them? Why do our days feel so unimportant, filled not with romance and adventure but with duties and demands? We feel unseen, even by those closest to us. We feel unsought---that no one has the passion or the courage to pursue us, to get past out meeiness to find the woman deep inside. And we feel uncertain---uncertain what it even means to be a woman; uncertain what it truly means to be feminine; uncertain if we are or ever will be. Aware of our deep failings, we pour contempt on our own hearts for wanting more. Oh, we long for intimacy and for adventure; we long to be the Beauty of some great story. But the desires set deep in our hearts seem like a luxury, granted only to those women who get their acts together. The message to the rest of us---whether from a driven culture or a driven church---is to try harder"

The heart of a woman is complex and seemingly confusing but when you break it down and see it for what it really is, these three things are very evident.

I love and I do repeat LOVE being a girl. Not just so I can wear beautiful dresses and have long curly hair but because there is a unique beauty and desire that God has placed in every woman (and every man for that matter) and I'm so thankful for being the one in possession of that unique beauty. I'm God's beloved. I'm his woman. I'm his love. I capitivate my creator. Every woman desires to be captivating in the eyes of someone, she desires to live her life out before the eyes of another if only so they can see her soul for what it truly is and love her for it. We long to be seen, desired and sought for. The song by Bethany Dillon "For My Love" really puts it perfectly....

Walk towards me
I want to hear
The heavens singing over you
When you breathe and look at me
I want to be captured by you
Gaze into my eyes
And let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love
I want to hide what’s deep in my eyes
I’m scared to be known by you
But when I turn my head
And see you there
I want to be pursued
Gaze into my eyes
And let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love
A dream I won’t wake from
A story that will never end
The ground your feet walk on
Let me be there, let me be there
Gaze into my eyes
Let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love
Gaze into my eyes
Let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Ask me for my love

Note to the Gentlemen: We need your strength and your affirmation. Fighting on behalf of us through prayer, not passive but active like a solider. Knowing who you are in Christ, as his man, and loving us like He would is what our hearts hurt for. "A woman in the presence of a good man, a real man, loves being a woman. His strength allows her feminine heart to flourish. His pursuit draws out her beauty. And a man in the presence of a real woman loves being a man. Her beauty arouses him to play the man, it draws out his strength. She insires him to be a hero."

I reccomend this book to anyone and everyone, male and female!

"You can find that life---if you are willing to embark on a great adventure. That is what we are inviting you to. Not to learn one more set of standars you fail to meet. Not toward a new set of rules to live by and things to ought to do. Something far, far better--- a journey of the heart. A journey toward the restoration and release of the woman (or man) you always longed to be. This book is not about what you ought to do or who you ought to be. It's about discovering who you already are, as a woman (or a man). A woman who at her core was made for romance, made to play an irreplaceable role in a shared adventure, and who really does possess a beauty all her own to unveil. The woman God had in mind when he made Eve...and when he made you. Glorious, powerful, and captivating." (emphasis added)