{"id":7695,"date":"2013-01-21T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=7695"},"modified":"2013-01-21T00:01:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T05:01:32","slug":"captivating-haunted-by-a-question-of-eve-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/21\/captivating-haunted-by-a-question-of-eve-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Captivating: Chapter 3 &#8211; &#8220;Haunted By A Question&#8221; \u2013 What Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had to laugh when I read the story at the beginning of the chapter. I laughed because I have been the woman accused of having too many groceries in my basket and because I have been the woman who was doing a silent count in my head of the basket in front of me, making sure they had the allowed amount of items.\u00a0 It\u2019s not only situations like that, it\u2019s others. I can laugh now but after the \u201cincidents\u201d of losing my temper, jumping to conclusions, being unnecessarily rude, lacking faith etc. all I felt was a sense of guilt and shame. I asked myself the same question Stasi asked herself \u201cWhat\u2019s going on here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve\u00a0always wondered what the world would be like if Eve\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t\u00a0have eaten the apple\u2026 What kind of woman would I be then?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/2013\/01\/21\/captivating-haunted-by-a-question-of-eve-what-happened\/if-eve\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7755\" alt=\"If Eve\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/If-Eve.jpg\" width=\"497\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Has this question ever ran across your mind?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEve was given to the world as the incarnation of beautiful, captivating God, a life offering, life-saving lover, a relational specialist, full of tender mercies and hope. She brought strength to the world, but not a striving, sharp-edged strength. She was inviting, alluring, and captivating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We often don\u2019t feel like this. Life can be overwhelming, and we can feel caught in the struggle of balance. We may not feel inviting, alluring and captivating. ..<\/p>\n<p>BUT, our God says we are. He created us as the incarnation of beautiful, each in our own way. We are relational specialists, a Gift from God. We are strong, a feminine strength that only women possess.<\/p>\n<p>Deep in my heart I don\u2019t believe that Eve\u2019s decision that day changed God\u2019s purpose for women. We were still created to be beautiful; we are still created in God\u2019s image. We have tough days where we are the 15 or under police in the line at the grocery store, and we can\u2019t explain our feelings. But God knows us, He knows who He created, He knows our tendencies, our strengths, our weaknesses and our struggles.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The days where we feel torn and unbalanced are the days we need to remember the most that we are God\u2019s. We are inviting, we are captivating and we are alluring.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With Love,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">_________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lets Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Lord, it is hard to be a woman some days. Our emotions and feelings can feel uncontrollable and we can\u2019t justify our thoughts and actions, especially when they don\u2019t line up with those of the woman we strive to be. But, on these days we know that we can turn to You. We can remember that we are Yours and that You created us. We don\u2019t have the answer for the question of why we may react the way we do at times but the one definite thing we can rely on is that we can turn to You.\u00a0 Thank you for loving us through our unbalanced imperfection. \u00a0In Jesus Name, Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On days where we wonder \u201cwhat\u2019s going on here?\u201d, what do you do to bring your focus back to God? \u00a0What do you do to help yourself to remember that despite the situation you are still a beautiful woman (inside and out) that was created in Gods image?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">_________________________________<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If you are interested in joining this online Bible study, please click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgirlfriendscoffeehour.com%2Fsign-up-for-girlfriends-coffee-hour-online-bible-studies%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKfZgzgG_kbTPhwbxyaQq_AvFSng\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0to sign up.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Once we receive your registration, we will email you further details.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0If you are interested in sending a private message to Tonya in regards to this blog, please email her at <span style=\"color: #800080\"><em><strong>TonyaEllison@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/strong><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/h\/11d5wexp6exhb\/?&amp;v=b&amp;cs=wh&amp;to=TonyaEllison@girlfriendscoffeehour.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I had to laugh when I read the story at the beginning of the chapter. 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