Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Best Book I've Read in a Long Time


Okay so I have a confession to make. A BIG one.

My sister gave me this book to read a few years ago and due to the subject matter of a certain Chapter 8: The Beauty of Submission I couldn't bear picking it up to read. I noticed that my sister was rereading the book a few weeks ago and had to order another copy from Amazon because the first copy ended up in our donation pile....

So here is the thing. Every woman I know needs to read this book once every year. Seriously. It is that good. It has changed my thinking and outlook on so many aspects of being a wife and mother and follower of Christ.

It is called Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney.

It is based on the Titus 2 passage:

3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

I know this passage is scary right?! Trust me I don't have it all figured out and I fall so short of what this Titus 2 passage calls us to be but I am convinced that much of the pain, frustration, and stress that I have caused in my life is because I did not have a clear understanding of this calling on my life as a wife and mother.

Trust me. Just read it. And yes, if my sister recommends something now....I will take her advice the first time and just read it!
Love you sister!

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