Do You Think I'm Beautiful? (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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A title like this leads a reader to think that this will be a book about body image. However, it's more about understanding beauty and acceptance in the context of God's unconditional love, a poignant message that many women will appreciate. "A good man can be wonderful," writes Thomas, a motivational speaker and mother of four. "But he can never be ENOUGH, and he can never make you WHOLE. You and I were made for even more. We were made for God." Although some readers may balk at the gender essentialism that drives this book (women are "wired" for relationships and beauty, etc.), Thomas spins compelling anecdotes from her own experiences and the lives of others. She builds a persuasive case for God as a pursuing lover who delights in each one of his daughters, even when they feel unlovable. She speaks honestly and with cutting humor about how Christian women appear to be all smiles, but "are dying on the inside." She also does an especially fine job of drawing on the prodigal son parable from the New Testament to demonstrate that although women sometimes feel like the prodigal and sometimes like the unappreciated elder son, God is waiting to receive them with open arms.
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Product Description

The question is uniquely feminine, and it resides in every woman's heart, in spite of her best efforts to ignore it. Although she aches to be adored and desired, she decides that it is good enough to be loyal, hard-working, strong, or steady.

But there is Someone who finds her beautiful, who adores her and seeks to woo her to Himself-and best-selling writer and popular speaker Angela Thomas explores the deep and life-changing implications for women who come to realize that. Practical Bible teaching and real-world advice help readers bridge the gap between the life a woman longs for, and the life she actually has.

Filled with warm, personal anecdotes, and written in an intimate, affable style that reaches out to readers, Do You Think I'm Beautiful? invites women to awaken passion, and to meet the embrace of the One who calls them beautiful.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (April 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785273778
• ISBN-13: 978-0785273776
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #77,177 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is AMAAAAAZING!!!!!, September 9, 2004

By	Barb Shelton (Longview, Wash.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do You Think I'm Beautiful? : The Question Every Woman Asks (Hardcover)

I cannot recommend it highly enough!!!!! As a girl passes from Womb into World, this book should be handed to her mother (who should *first* read it!), along with the statement that THIS BOOK IS FOUNDATIONAL FOR THE HEALTHY EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR DAUGHTER... *especially* in the context of the mixed-up, messed-up, and up-side-down thinking of the world you are entering! Yes, it can be a beautiful world, but we must first understand God's definition of "beautiful" before we can accurately understand ~ and apply to our own hearts and lives ~ "BEAUTY."

Angela's writing style is DELIGHTFUL!!! Warm, conversational, and she has an endearing way of drawing us in to the place she is wanting to take us ~ which ultimately is into the arms of JESUS!!!!! He ALONE has the right, the power and the wisdom to declare us "beautiful" ~ in ways that GOD sees as being "the point"!

You will be changed forever after reading ~ and receiving ~ the sweet truths in this book, and will laugh, and cry, along the way!

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do You Think I'm Beautiful?, April 27, 2004

By	Sharon Rose "Lily" (Harrisonburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do You Think I'm Beautiful? : The Question Every Woman Asks (Hardcover)

I was buying a Christmas present for my mom and looking through the selection of Christian books, and the title of this book caught my eye. Beauty is something that I have always struggled with. Self-esteem is just not something that I naturally have a lot of. This book changed my life. I can honestly say that it drew me closer to God and began to teach me how to find my worth in HIM rather than in the WORLD. I cannot urge you enough to buy this book. Especially if beauty is something you struggle with. You won't regret buying this book.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do You Think I'm Beautiful?, November 30, 2003

By	Kathy Jo Schramm (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do You Think I'm Beautiful? : The Question Every Woman Asks (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book and easy to read, except that it touches so many of the questions in a woman's heart, that you have to stop and reflect and dry your eyes often. Angela Thomas has dared to voice out loud the longings and questions that most women hold in their heart, maybe for all of their lives. The desire to be cherished and thought beautiful underscores so much of what we do (and don't do) as women. Angela doesn't only ask the question, but provides a resounding answer that brings us face to face with the only one who can answer honestly. I think this is a "must read" for women of all ages and especially teenage girls. I wish I had read it thirty years ago. It could have made a big difference in my life a long time ago.