This whole section made me feel a lot better - even more womanly - about my sense of adventure. ~”…the mission to be fruitful and conquer and hold sway is given to both Adam and to Eve.” The Eldredges here are talking about the idea of sharing (w/ dh) in the “adventure.” This made me remember something my pastor’s wife told me a few years ago: “For you, adventure is romantic.” Any other adventuresome women out there? Men are supposed to be more of the adventurers, right? But, I think my dh gets so caught up on the providing part, and being stable that our marriage’s sense of adventure gets lost. I mean, on one hand, I desire more & better relationships, but on the other hand, I have a hard time keeping up w/ the ones I have! Could this be affecting my view of God & my understanding of His capacity for relationship with me? ~”The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God’s vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships.” (p.

When I read the above statement in the book, I had to giggle a bit to myself even though I think I don’t do great much of the time, at relationships, even me thinking of myself in those terms supports the Eldredges’ supposition. I wrote a letter to him regarding my emotional & spiritual health, and one of my extensive points that were on the positive side was about all the relationships in my life that are healthy - friends & family. In fact, on Saturday night, dh & I had a discussion about all the things he was worried concerning me.

But, in reading what the Eldredges wrote, I feel like I “belong” to this category, too. I’m not seeing anyone right now, or my children aren’t calling, or my friends seem distant.” This is something - relationships - that I feel faulty in. I am a mother, a sister, a daughter, a friend. 27-28: “Most women define themselves in terms of their relationships, and the quality they deem those relationships to have. That made me feel noble, just reading that!! The Eldredges make a convincing point, though maybe I’m just easily convinced on this lofty & lovely idea. Woman as the pinnacle of all God created. ~Woman as “The crown of creation”: My goodness. It was a sigh of relief to me to read that this is common (?) among girls. I was just sure that my “real” family was royalty, or rich, or something better than my own. 21): Anyone else have these thoughts as a little girl? I was sure I’d been born to some noble family, but ended up as a bundle in a basket on my parents’ steps. ~The whole idea of the “lost princess” (p. I’m writing this, under the assumption that anyone reading this post is reading the book, too.

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