Women.

I finished reading Crazy Love (So good by the way!). And I just started reading "Captivating" by Stasi Eldridge. Mind you, I am only a dozen or so pages into the book, but it is SO good thus far. There is so much truth in it about the women's heart and what it means to be a woman in the image of God.

Here are some really cool passages and quotes and such from the book so far:

"Think about it: God created you as a woman. Whatever it means to bear God's image, you do so as a woman. Female. That's how and where you bear his image. Your feminine heart has been created with the greatest of all possible dignities: as a reflection of God's own heart. You are a woman to your soul, to the very core of your being. And so the journey to discover what God meant when he created woman in his image, when he created you as his woman. That journey begins with desire."

"We're all living in the shadow of that infamous icon, "The Proverbs 31 Woman," whose life is so busy I wonder when does she have time for friendships, for taking walks, or reading good books? Her light never goes out at night? When does she have sex? Somehow she has sanctified the shame most women live under, biblical proof that yet again we don't measure up? Is that supposed to be Godly? That sense that you are a failure as a woman?" (You have to read the entire passage to understand the context, but nonetheless interesting.)

"There is something fierce in the heart of a women.... A woman is a warrior too. But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way. Sometime before the sorrows of life did their best to kill it in us, most young women wanted to be a part of something grand, something important.... And what about women like Ester and Mary and Ruth? They were biblical characters who had irreplaceable roles in a Great Story. Not "safe" and "nice" women, not merely "sweet," but passionate and powerful women who were beautiful as warriors."

"She was no longer eighty; She was ageless. God has set eternity in our hearts. The longing to be beautiful is set there as well."

The King is enthralled by your beauty. (Psalms 45:11)