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caitlin_89's review
4.0
I actually need to read this one again. I read it so fast today,I don't really remember what all it said.
But basically, this book is against all the "sit, wait, and hope God will drop a husband in your lap" mindset most of us sheltered, non-dating type girls have come to accept. Candice Watters argues that there is, indeed, something we can, and should, be doing to help. And from a Biblical standpoint, too! hooray!
Mrs. Watters encourages young women to not be ashamed of the desire to get married. The Bible teaches it is a holy, honorable, and worthwhile pursuit, created for God's glory, as a picture of Christ and his bride, and intended to bring individuals together for the furtherance of God's kindgdom.
And then there's the point about how it really is God's plan for most people to get married, so girls need to quit wasting the best part of their lives sitting there saying "if, if, if." If you want to get married, you obviously WEREN'T called to be single, so have a little faith, and "Live Like You're Planning to Marry." (the name of one of the chapters
There's also a nice chapter called "Men Aren't Jerks, They're Fallen (Like You)", which I appreciated as an avid hater of the "let's bash all men" trend that seems to be going on.
Okay, I must have paid more attention that I thought. I'd better just stop writing, or this thing will be an essay -and I don't have time to write one of those right now.
But basically, this book is against all the "sit, wait, and hope God will drop a husband in your lap" mindset most of us sheltered, non-dating type girls have come to accept. Candice Watters argues that there is, indeed, something we can, and should, be doing to help. And from a Biblical standpoint, too! hooray!
Mrs. Watters encourages young women to not be ashamed of the desire to get married. The Bible teaches it is a holy, honorable, and worthwhile pursuit, created for God's glory, as a picture of Christ and his bride, and intended to bring individuals together for the furtherance of God's kindgdom.
And then there's the point about how it really is God's plan for most people to get married, so girls need to quit wasting the best part of their lives sitting there saying "if, if, if." If you want to get married, you obviously WEREN'T called to be single, so have a little faith, and "Live Like You're Planning to Marry." (the name of one of the chapters
There's also a nice chapter called "Men Aren't Jerks, They're Fallen (Like You)", which I appreciated as an avid hater of the "let's bash all men" trend that seems to be going on.
Okay, I must have paid more attention that I thought. I'd better just stop writing, or this thing will be an essay -and I don't have time to write one of those right now.
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