not a girl, not yet a woman.

had a nice weekend last weekend. I was again in Turku,
spent time with my friends hanna and kaisu. at their household they have been reading this book called "captivating" (about beauty and womanhood)
so we ended up reading it together and talking about it and praying the things we were talking and sharing.
the book talks quite a lot about beauty. how every woman has beauty to unveil, based on the fact that we are created by God to be his images. and also it spoke a lot about Gods nature, and what we can learn about God by looking at women. like how the fact that almost every woman wants to be romanced, wants to be needed and part of some adventures and is beautiful, tells us that God is like that as well :) God is propably the biggest romantic there is, cause he invented it :) , romances us by lavishing his perfect love over our lifes, defenitely wants to be needed and a part of our life, and even more, giving us adventures with him. and He is beautiful.
and one thing we thought about during the weekend was what makes one a woman, not a girl? what is the different between those two and so on. one biggest thing we thought is this some kind of confidence. knowing who one is, whatever the place or the situation. also the ability to be genuine is one thing. thinking about my own journey I dont quite know where I am at, somewhere in between.

the book suggested that with every woman you should ask the question: what is she telling me about God? I think that would be a good question thinking not only women but men also. Of course Ive always realized that women and men are different, but never actually so much thought that our differencies reveal different things about God. but now thinking it, of course. cause we all were made to his image.
In the book I read from mother teresa, there was a similar thought. she spoke, how instead of going to the poor to be Jesus for them, she goes to meet Jesus in them. to have eyes and a heart like that!