{"id":10172,"date":"2013-03-05T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=10172"},"modified":"2013-03-04T21:52:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T02:52:13","slug":"captivating-how-does-a-woman-love-a-man-the-holy-scandalous-women-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/05\/captivating-how-does-a-woman-love-a-man-the-holy-scandalous-women-of-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Captivating: Chapter 9 &#8211; &#8220;How Does a Woman Love A Man?&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;The Holy Scandalous Women Of The Bible&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout my life I have heard that there are many ways to a man\u2019s heart, many ways to make a man happy. Sex and food being the main two theories or methods, tools, feeding his favorite hobby, or being submissive. I\u2019m sure if a survey were taken it would be found that there are as many answers as there are people polled, and that the answers differ greatly between men and women.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><strong>\u201cFemininity is what arouses his masculinity. His strength is what makes a woman yearn to be beautiful.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><strong>\u201dThe beauty of a woman is what arouses the strength of a man.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first thought that popped into my head was \u201chmmm&#8230;.\u201d But it makes sense, there are many other complimentary relationships in life, this just happens to be a very important one, past the peanut butter to my jelly, past the ink to my printer, it is about a man to his woman and a woman to her man, strength to beauty and beauty to strength.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>But what if I\u2019m single. What does that mean for me?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>What I write next applies to all women. Before God sends our husband,\u00a0and even after God has blessed us with the man we are to marry, <em><strong>we need to make Him Number One in our life<\/strong><\/em>. The strength of God is what makes us beautiful. The hand of God in our life is what prepares us for life, it\u2019s what teaches us how to be beautiful, it\u2019s what teaches us how to be good women. It\u2019s been said before that a <em><strong>man doesn\u2019t complete us, God completes us<\/strong><\/em>. Yes, a man\u2019s strength is what makes a woman yearn to be beautiful, but until that man comes along, and even after he has been placed in our lives, the N<em><strong>umber One man needs to be God.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The strongest women in the Bible displayed courage, cunning, and stunning vulnerability.\u00a0 When we display these characteristics in our relationship with God it will only allow His strength to shine through more.\u00a0\u00a0When we allow ourselves to be vulnerable to Him,\u00a0then our beauty will shine through more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With Love,<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tonya<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Lord,<\/p>\n<p>Beauty is a word strived for by all women, beauty is also one of the things in life that seems impossible to feel at times. But when we allow Your strength to take hold of our life that beauty shines bright; when we are vulnerable to You, Lord, our beauty is magnified because of Your strength. Please prepare us for our husbands by teaching us how to let masculinity and strength shine through because when this takes place our beauty does the same. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; Name we pray. Amen.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Your Assignment:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><i>\u201cFemininity is what arouses his masculinity. His strength is what makes a woman yearn to be beautiful\u201d\u2026\u201dThe beauty of a woman is what arouses the strength of a man.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\">What does this mean to you? Or what else stood out to you? Share your thoughts; they may bless someone more than you know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/sign-up-for-girlfriends-coffee-hour-online-bible-studies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10175\" alt=\"GWS_Slider1\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/GWS_Slider11.jpg\" width=\"555\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/GWS_Slider11.jpg 555w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/GWS_Slider11-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Our next Online Bible Study <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Girls with Swords&#8221; by Lisa Bevere begins March 24th<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">To join us for this amazing study, click on the picture above!<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Once we receive your registration, we will email you further details!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">__________________________________<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0If you are interested in sending a private message to Tonya, please email her at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/h\/11d5wexp6exhb\/?&amp;v=b&amp;cs=wh&amp;to=TonyaEllison@girlfriendscoffeehour.com\" target=\"_blank\"><b>TonyaEllison@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout my life I have heard that there are many ways to a man\u2019s heart, many ways to make a man happy. 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