Captivating

• Seriously, one of the best books ever for women. I read it once back in the spring and I am reading it again now this fall. This decision was made at House Church in the first few weeks of school when two of the freshman girls on my team stole my heart. They are seeking God and are a lot stronger women than I was my first year of college but I know that they have a lot to learn along the way and that in return, I will learn from them. When their roommate heard about what we were doing she joined in, along with one of the other girls from college life training. Two weeks ago we did testimonies and this past Wednesday we began the study on the book. In an hour and a half we covered eight pages. The conversation was great. The girls were vulnerable, bold, and honest. God never ceases to amaze me. The timing of what we read the other day was perfectly fitting for whats going on in my life right now. We talked about what standards society and the church place on women. We talked about the desires of our hearts for the year and spiritually overall. Here is some of the passages that I really enjoyed:

"There is more to be done. More to be known. More to be healed. More to be released. More love to receive and more love to pour out. People today are desperate for meaning. They long to know that it is possible to live a life that matters. They are hungry for truth and dying for thirst of the Living Water. There is no greater mission on Earth than to be part of God's great invasion and bring it to them; being Jesus to them! But first, always first, we must bring OURSELVES to Jesus."

"Your heart as a woman is the most important thing about you... Your FEMININE heart has been created with the greatest of all possible dignities- As a REFLECTION of GOD'S own HEART."

I cannot wait what God is going to reveal in this study. If you read this pray for these girls:

Haley Carson

Heather Morris

Lauren Hutchinson

Kelsey Williams

Oh yeah, and not to mention Shanderaya Rogers.

God is chasing after her heart like no other.

She is the fourth roommate who was a Muslim up until a couple of years ago.

She came in the room when we were talking about our desires, sat down, and shared with us how she is on a mission to find a religion that means something so she can stick with it.

She is the only one of the four not on the track team and got placed there because there were no other freshie girls to fill the spot.

Coincidence? Yeah right.

GOD IS GONNA DO WORK!