"A Special Hatred"

"Back off, or, Leave her alone, or, You don't really want to go there--she'll be too much for you is something Satan has set against every woman from the day of her birth. It's the emotional and spiritual equivalent of leaving a little girl by the side of the road to die [reference to old ways in China]. And to every woman he has whispered, You are alone, or, When they see who you really are, you will be alone, or, No one will ever truly come for you.

Take a moment. Quiet your heart and ask yourself, 'Is this a message I have believed, feared, lived with?' Not only do most women fear they will ultimately be abandoned by the men in their lives--they fear it from other women as well. That they will be abandoned by their friends, and left alone. It's time to reveal this pervasive threat, this crippling fear, this terrible lie."
(Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge, 88)

"Satan fell because of his beauty. Now his heart for revenge is to assault beauty. He destroys it in the natural world wherever he can. Strip mines, oil spills, fires, Chernobyl. He wreaks destruction on the glory of God in the earth like a psychopath committed to destroying great works of art.

But most especially, he hates Eve.

Because she is captivating, uniquely glorious, and he cannot be. She is the incarnation of the Beauty of God. More than anything else in all creation, she embodies the glory of God. She allures the world to God. He hates it with a jealousy we can only imagine."
(84)

"And most of you are living with the guilt that somehow it's your fault you aren't more deeply pursued now. That you do not have an essential role in a great adventure. That you have no beauty to unveil. The message of our wounds nearly always is, 'This is because of you. This is what you deserve.' It changes things to realize that, no, it is because you are glorious that these things happened. It is because you are a major threat to the kingdom of darkness. Because you uniquely carry the glory of God to the world.

You are hated because of your beauty and power."
(85)

"And so, dear heart, it is time for your restoration. For there is One greater than our Enemy. One who has sought you out form the beginning of time. He has come to heal your broken heart and restore your feminine soul. Let us turn now to Him."
(91)