Girl Defined: God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and Identity, (Paperback)

"God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and Identity." I'm thankful for these two sisters to write passionately about God's purpose for us as women in this generation of feminism, and gender confusion. Very timely. I love how this book has spoken out everything I've been striving to live for myself these past few years, yet still challenges me to go beyond what I am right now and become a strong woman spiritually. They explore subjects, such as, "Femininity Gone Wrong", "Getting Back to God's Design", "Femininity Worth Fighting For", and more. They've read and studied some of my own heroes of the faith (Elisabeth Elliot, Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth). This book will definitely challenge you to look deeper into God's Word about our purpose instead of falling for the deceits and lies of what the world tries to describe as our purpose. It even includes a Study Guide after each chapter making it easier for you to study out the topic for yourself. I'd recommend this book for anyone in any stage of life (single, married, widowed, etc). Grab a copy for yourself, your best friend, your daughter, and realize your true beauty together. "When one woman is wiling to obey God, the results can be earth-shattering. Generations can be changed forever. Lives can be impacted for all of eternity." - Girl Defined

This book was incredible! There were days I would read three chapters at a time, because I just couldn't put it down. My heart and mind were being challenged in ways I have not been challenged in a long time. The way the book is written was like you were just over to the authors' house having a sleep over with your best friends. They were so real and so transparent that you couldn't help but admire them and listen to everything they were saying and take it to heart. Now I'm going to be brutally honest...I have read a dozen books about biblical womanhood, so honestly didn't think I'd learn a lot. The minute I got to the second chapter, I was jotting down notes and underlining things like I have never done. I was being convicted of not truly appreciating my womanhood. I was being challenged to make a change in myself and do a study with some of my closest friends...and then a small group with my church. I was brought to tears with some of the truths that were written out in the book, because for so long, I thought I was the only one who felt a certain way. I was asking God for forgiveness for not truly understanding why he created woman and not putting my value in Him. This book needs to be in the hands of every teen girl (16 years and up), young single women, and married women. Every woman will walk away from this book feeling more confident in herself, more challenged to stand up for womanhood, and ready to be used by God. It has changed my perspective on who I am as a woman and what I want to become, and will read this book again and again, until I can be a Kristen and Bethany to other girls.