I finished reading...

no. Not my notes.

I finished Wild At Heart again in 2 days. Haha. Now that's a record. I haven't done that in a long time ( Finish a book in such a short time).

I really recommend this book to people. It's really good because doesn't give you a list of A-Zs on how to be a good Christian kinda thing ( i.e Build up people, don't tear down, Pray 1 hour a day, be disciplined that kinda stuff), but rather it explains everything from the soul of the man, the wounds, the result of seperation from God.

It's like a complete picture of the man and his fall, and His God, and how He completes the picture on everything that's going through.

eg. When someone habitually puts down people close to him, the principle-based approach would be "We build each other up because we love the people around us, so you should be careful about what you say.".

But the book showed the wounds that led a person to be where he is today. There is a root cause in all our brokenesses, sin and all the wrong things.

The Enemy has attacked at the precise spot. It has crippled many men and women to stop them from becoming who they were destined to become. The wound that caused all of us to behave in ways less than ideal.

Yet, the way to deal with all these is not to offer principles. Yes, principles are important; they give us guidelines to live our lives, but principles will not bring a person the healing he needs and into the destiny he has been called. God will.

The book explains the wound, and where it has hurt us guys that caused us to lose our masculine hearts, and why our Heavenly Father is the only one that can heal and the only one we can truly draw from to become who He called us to be.

Really? Why are people so mean? Why do people hurt people? Is because they want to? No, its not. Nobody grows up wanting to be like that. Nobody grows up wanting to be the bastard, wanting to hurt people close to them...

It's because of the Wound.
It's because of self-perservation.
It's because we're afraid of uncertainty.
We want control over our lives.

God is our solution. Our ONLY solution.

He heals the wound.
Self-preservation becomes a Matthew 6:33
Certainty in God allows us to live with uncertainty.
God becomes in control in our lives.

Do people hurt you because they want to? Really?
I think its worth asking again and again.

Forgive them.

Without God, people will hurt and continue to hurt those close to them.

For where does sin begin? Apart from the presence of God.

Anyway here's another excerpt from the book ( MUST READ!): This one is about women. Haha
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The world kills a woman;s heart when it tells her to be tough, efficient, and independent. Sadly, Christianity has missed her heart as well. Walk into most churches in America, have a look around, and ask yourself this question: What is a Christian woman? Again, don't listen to what is said, look at what you find there. There is no doubt about it. You'd have to admit a Christian woman is ... tired. All we've offered the feminine soul is pressure to "be a good servant." No one is fighting for her heart; there is no grand adventure to be swept up in ; and every woman doubts very much she has any beauty to unveil.

Which would you rather be said of you: "Harry? Sure I know him. He's a real sweet guy." Or, "Yes, I know about Harry. He's a dangerous man... in a reall good way." Ladies, how about you? Which man would you rather have as your mate? ( Some women, hurt by masculinity gone bad, might argue for the 'safe' man... and then wonder why, years later, there is no passion in their marriage, why he is distant and cold.) And as for your own femininity, which would you rather have said of you - that you are a 'tireless worker,' or that you are a "captivating woman"? I rest my case.

What if? What if those deep desires in our hearts are telling us the truth, revealing to us the life we were meant to live? God gave us eyes that we might see; he gave us ears that we might hear; he gaves us wills that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live.

- Wild at Heart, John Eldredge
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