When I was fourteen, I attended the Christian In Training (also known as CIT) camp at Bair Lake Bible Camp in Jones, MI. CIT consists mainly of classes that focus on prayer, the Bible, and service but can also expand to issues that affect young people and more specific such as womanhood. It was here that I heard Paula Hendricks, the author of this book, speak. I remember being both angry and baffled at what she had to say. Feminism is not a popular topic at Bair Lake period, and my buttons were being pressed. At fourteen, I was such a different person. I didn't understand what Paula was saying.

Now, at seventeen, I stumbled upon Paula's book in the camp's shop known as the Bair's Cove. I decided that enough time had passed and that I wanted to hear what she wanted to say one more time. Oh, what a difference time makes. Some of Paula's book felt redundant to me, but much of it sang. This is not the book of a woman who is saying feminism is evil. This is a book of a woman who was trapped in her need for love and looked for it in earthly men when the best One was waiting to gain her attention. What a hard journey Paula had to experience, and what a familiar one too. Don't we all look for comfort and love in the wrong places when God is waiting in the wings?

I particularly enjoyed the sections when she talks about the idols we worship instead of God. She really opened my eyes to the faults I had in that area. I had never considered the fact I and people in general disobey two commandments (I am your God; you shall have no god before me; and you will not worship false idols) that some consider obsolete consistently. I also liked the section where Paula talks about how we put our perceptions of our earthly father onto our Heavenly one. I didn't even realize I was doing that.

For me, Confessions of A Boy-Crazy Girl is a three star book for two reasons. The actual topic of the book (being boy crazy) is hard for me to relate to. I also feel like some of Paula's guy troubles are either to draw out or too skimmed story wise. Otherwise, this is a very enlightening fast read that will make you stop and reevaluate your relationship with God and with men.