Chapter 2: What Eve Alone Can Tell

God is relational

God's Heart for Relationship

"Not only does God long for us, but he longs to be loved by us."

Essential Qualities to a Relationship

1. Inviting
2. Vulnerable
3. Tender
4. Embodies Mercy
5. Fierce and 
6. Fiercely devoted
7. Intimate
8. Alluring

How do I approach God as a romantic figure in my life? 

Are there any qualities that I desire in a relationship that are not what God desires with us?

What should a passionate romantic relationship look like, using our relationship with God as a model?

Adventure

Ezer kenegdo

• Helper
• Companion
• Help meet
• Sustainer beside him

That longing in the heart of a woman to share life together as a great adventure---that comes straight from the heart of God, who also longs for this. He does not want to be an option in our lives. He does not want to be an appendage, a tagalong. Neither does any woman. God is essential. He wants us to need him---desperately (33).

So we have these feelings of wanting to be desperately needed: is it okay for us as women of God to have these feelings toward a man, and not God alone? What is a good context for this or some areas in which to be wary?

Beauty to Unveil

Beauty is the essence of God found in:

• Nature, God's creation in it glory
• John's description of God is beautiful beyond description
• Women's form and spirit

Beauty Matters because beauty:

• Speaks, "All will be well"
• Invites
• Nourishes
• Comforts
• Inspires
• Transcends, draws us to God

A woman knows, down in her soul, that she longs to bring beauty to the world. She may be mistaken on how (something every woman struggles with), but she longs for beauty to unveil...This is not just culture, or the need to 'get a man.' This is in her heart, part of her design (41).

In what ways to we long to bring beauty to the world?