“All around us God’s creation shouts of his beauty and his
goodness. The silhouette of lace on a barren tree draped with ice, the rays of
sun streaming forth from a billowing cloud, the sound of a brook trickling over
smooth stones, the form of a woman’s body, and the face of a child anticipating
the arrival of the ice cream truck all speak of God’s good heart if we will
have but the eyes to see. God’s beauty is lavished on the world. …
As Simone Weil wrote, ‘The beauty of the world is almost the
only way by which we can allow God to penetrate us…Beauty captivates the senses
in order to obtain permission to pass straight through to the soul… The soul’s
inclination to love beauty is the trap God most frequently uses in order to win
it.’
God has given this Beauty to Eve, to every woman. Beauty is…one
of the most glorious ways we bear the image of God in a broken and often ugly
world.
…Beauty is the most essential
and, yes, the most misunderstood of
all the feminine qualities. We want you to hear clearly that it is an essence
every woman carries from the moment of her creation. The only thing standing in
the way of our beauty are our doubts and fears, and the hiding and striving we
fall to as a result.”
-John & Stasi Eldredge
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
