This one is going to be a thinker...

I've reached chapter 12 in Eat, Pray, Love and I can tell you this much so far...I'm not sure what to think!! (And the chapters are short.) When I picked up this book and turned the first few pages, I thought to myself, "We should not be reading this book. It is in direct conflict with our beliefs. The girls are not going to like this." I'm really not sure what opinion I have of this book.

Elizabeth Gilbert admits that some people may not agree with her at all, and she's fine if we part ways. But I had to keep reading. In this book, she is on a quest to find God, (and Italian men), and in one paragraph I will completely agree with her and think, "She's got it!", but in the next paragraph I'm saying, "No, no, no! That's all wrong, you're going in the wrong direction."

So, in the matters of God, this book will certainly not lack for topics of discussion. I really think that as Christian women we can take Gilbert's writing and sharpen one another. It will make us have concrete reasoning for the way we live our lives and why we chose God over the things of this world. Let me leave you with this thought provoking excerpt from chapter 8:

"I want to have a lasting experience with God", I told him. "Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I lose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. I want to be with God all the time. But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights, but also devote myself to God."