Magnetic By Lynn Cowell
This book is amazing. It was well
written and really captures your heart. When I began reading this I had high
hopes for it, and man did it deliver. It
goes through every one of the fruit of the spirits in quick easy to read
chapters. The chapters are not at all boring; it really takes the view of a
young teenage girl and is very relatable. Each
chapter goes through a different Fruit of the Spirit, targeting many things
teenage girls struggle with. The first chapter focuses on the characteristics
of a true gorgeous girl. The chapter that spoke most to me was chapter three.
This chapter focused on joy. It mentions in the chapter that many girls base
their joy on getting what they want. That could be having a boyfriend, getting
the most fashionable clothes, or getting a car, etc. None of these things are necessarily
bad, but sometimes we can base getting these things whether or not we would be
happy. So many girls say, “Well if I had a boyfriend I would be happy”. Is this
saying you are nothing if you don’t have a boyfriend, that you will be unhappy
if you don’t get one? Too many girls are guilty of thinking this way. They
think once they get a boyfriend everything will be right in the world. But most
of the time were looking in the wrong places to find true joy. We need to take
a step back and remember what Jesus did for us. We need to be finding true joy
in THE joy-giver. It’s only when we look to God for joy that will we be truly
happy. This
is a great book to go through with a small group of girls or just your own
daughter. If she has been struggling with her walk with God or just wanting to
grow in her walk with Lord, this book is perfect. I encourage mothers to read
it along with their daughters, because even you could get something out of this
too. Overall
I rate this book a five out of five stars.
I
received this book from Blogging for Books for
this review.
