Book of the Month: Wild at Heart

 

 This month's book is the companion to last month's book, Captivating. In fact it was actually written BEFORE Captivating, by John Eldredge. I do believe that this book is insightful and helpful for both sexes, just as the last one was and is. The biggest reason why it is helpful is because it is written with the heart to unearth the Truth of a man, not to control him. It does string together a bunch of should's and if only's to shame or degrade men, but instead goes to the heart of the damage done to men and fills it with God's gift of purpose and life. 

I can say this with a fact, that it has been a helpful resource to me as I have sought to understand my brothers and earthly father. It helped me to understand my role in a lot of the stories that have happened around me, and most importantly it helped me to forgive a lot of perceived wrongs where men were concerned.

To me, this is a book that can help women to understand the desires lurking behind the blank stares and guarded hearts of their beloved ones. It can help bring understanding to the innate differences in their sons and daughters. It can help to bring understanding to how a childhood wound to a boy can lead to deathly scars for women who may deal with the man. But more than that, it is a book of healing, and promise and hope.

Book of This Month

In lew of my added section on some of my favorite books, I'm adding this just as something for those who would like a nice book that affirms them as females and can help explain, we of the deeper waters to men.

It's called Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge.
It is a Christian based book, but I think the beauty that it gives permission for women to unleash is astounding. This book literally changed the way I viewed myself in this whole realm of this world. It was like the best unlocking of the Truth of my soul that anyone has ever given me. I was set free...be...the wonderful and wondrously made individual that God set on this Earth. I became unashamed of my tears, of my fears and of my desires. But that is just me. This book is, after all, an interpretation of the Truth of the Holy Bible, it may not speak to you the way it did to me, but I dearly hope that it would and will.

Let me know if you've read this before, or if you have other books that lift your spirits!!