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John stasi eldredge
John stasi eldredge







It is primarily beautiful…The whole world is full of his glory…Beauty reminds us of an Eden we have never known, but somehow know our hearts were created for. “That we even need to explain how beauty is so absolutely essential to God only shows how dull we have grown to him, to the world in which we live, and to Eve.”

john stasi eldredge

They walk the reader through understanding the essential role of beauty, and how it is one of God’s most misunderstood and overlooked qualities. A beauty that is captivating and powerfully redemptive.” And finally, that God has a beauty to unveil. Second, that he longs to share adventures with us-adventures you cannot accomplish without him. “You’ll discover that God is relational to his core, that he has a heart for romance. So what are the things about the character of God that are revealed by knowing the heart of women? They explain how things in the world were not right without Eve, and that she was made in the image of God.

john stasi eldredge

“God wanted to reveal something about himself, so he gave us Eve.” These three also parallel the three core desires in the heart of every man as well, which are: to have a battle to fight, an adventure to share, and a beauty to rescue (to read more about guys, read John Eldredge’s Wild At Heart). You can see glimmers of each of these in the books that we read, the movies we watch, the games we see girls play.

  • To unveil beauty (being captivating because of her beauty).
  • To play an irreplaceable role in a great, shared adventure (being needed desperately for what only she can bring).
  • To be romanced (being pursued and wanted by someone who considers her precious).
  • I loved reading Captivating because it reveals the three things that the youngest of little girls to the oldest of wise grandmothers wants most in her heart of hearts: It completely changed the way I saw myself by showing the reader what God thinks of women, the crown of His creation, and how He designed them. I firmly believe that every girl should read this book as many times as possible in their lifetime. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge









    John stasi eldredge