Date:   3/31/2010 12:27:22 AM ( 14 y ago)
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I read this book several years ago at a perfect time when I really needed this message. I learned so much from it, and it was one of those books that make you laugh and cry.


Anyway, just wanted to recommend it. I'm thinking about ordering another copy to read again, since I gave my copy away for someone else to read.

Here is the review on it:

A title like this leads a reader to think that this will be a book about body image. However, it's more about understanding beauty and acceptance in the context of God's unconditional love, a poignant message that many women will appreciate. "A good man can be wonderful," writes Thomas, "But he can never be ENOUGH, and he can never make you WHOLE. You and I were made for even more. We were made for God." Thomas spins compelling anecdotes from her own experiences and the lives of others. She builds a persuasive case for God as a pursuing lover who delights in each one of his daughters, even when they feel unlovable. She speaks honestly and with cutting humor about how Christian women appear to be all smiles, but "are dying on the inside." She also does an especially fine job of drawing on the prodigal son parable from the New Testament to demonstrate that although women sometimes feel like the prodigal and sometimes like the unappreciated elder son, God is waiting to receive them with open arms.

This book is for women who know, perhaps only deep in their heart, that they need an answer to the question, Do you think I'm beautiful? Readers will come to understand that the question is uniquely feminine, placed there by the Creator to woo them to Himself. Along the way, women will learn about the distractions that can keep them from the One who calls them beautiful, what it takes to return to His embrace, and what delights await them there. Angela's skillful, moving writing style is peppered with warm and funny stories from her own life that readers will immediately identify with. And the practical Bible teaching Angela offers will help readers bridge the gulf between the life a woman longs for and the life she actually has.
 

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