December 29, 2006

  • ::EDIT:: I think I had some wrong motives for writing this, but I also think i had some right motives, so yeah... take it or leave it and sorry if it's wrong or prideful and stuff.

    SO had two really big conversations today, and it is because of those that I think I can say I wish the book captivating had never been written, and Wild at Heart too. I mean, those books are taken really seriously by a lot of people.

    "Women need to feel captivating to a man, they need to feel like everything he ever needs."

    This next thing is a quote from the people who sell the book (http://www.ransomedheart.com/RH_Ministries_Store/detail.aspx?ID=43)

    "Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. 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. He offers to come now, as the Hero of your story--to rescue your feminine heart and release you to live as a woman, fully alive. "

    I just. I'm not so sure. Your heart does matter, but I think what these people mean in the book is your wants/childhood fantasies matter more than anything else. Like, "Wemembur when you believed in prince charming? Well Jesus is prince charming and if you find a godly guy he is prince charming too with a blonde-haired, buff-bodied soul. He also rides a really muscular horse like Jesus."

    I just wonder if we've taken this book as gospel when really your SOUL matters and LIFE matters and HOPE matters and I just think godly marriage might forsake prince charming some of the time or half the time or more and maybe love isn't always captivated. love might be chosen. and maybe that is more heroic than anything as momentary as being captivated.

    Sorry if I sound angry, I just think it needed to be said. and this is not a rant on women, it's sadness for a book that sounds nice but might do a lot of harm if someone takes it as a prescription for how they should act.

    So for whatever it's worth, I just needed to get that off my chest. - Dave

    Also I might be being too extreme, in fact probably am, I guess it's just good to take those books with a grain of salt. Goodnight and many apologies.

Comments (4)

  • "maybe love isn't always captivated. love might be chosen. and maybe that is more heroic than anything as momentary as being captivated."

    I must agree with this. I can't limit the ideology of books becoming gospel to only these two--I think it happen to many books. But I think I agree with your perspective on these at least. I was disappointed in their emphasis of the human heart/desires. After all--it's not the human that needs pleasing...

  • haha its okay dave, its only local... it tells whatever internet program your using to get a feed from your isight.

    ISNT THAT AWESOME?!

  • hey david, its taylor :)

  • Bonna année !!! (= happy new year....you don't need to get the translator ) hehehe...

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