The Confident Woman - Start Today Living Boldly and Without Fear by Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer's struggle to help women all over the globe has won her the title and the recognition that she now has, and this time around she moves forward to tackle the issue of confidence in her book The Confident Woman. Every time the issue of gender difference is discussed, we all understand that women are the most insecure ones. This is how our society has always been, the men are the strong ones and the women are the weak ones. Although this mindset has long been proven wrong ever since women have been given equal rights as men in all aspects of everyday living, most females still could not shake off the presence of self-doubt. Why do you believe is that?

The Confident Woman is constructed in an easy-to-comprehend form that is applicable for women of all ages. And knowing Meyer, this book is also patterned to have deep religious context. The book opens with a story that we have long been familiar of, Adam and Eve. Using this example, Meyer shows that men and women have been created equal ever since the beginning and there is no reason for them to hate each other. And for the following sections, Meyer uses more texts from the Bible to support her point that men and women are not meant to be enemies.

But the book does not only tackle the confidence issues that women gain from their differences with men, but also from their own gender as well. The book gives a thorough trip to the different moments in the past, showing readers the exact things on various times that caused the modern day women to have insecurities. We all know about the images that makes a woman ideal: prim, meek, smart, reserved, and the list goes on. But Meyer says that these are not what women are really all about, these are the collected misconceptions. But what's disappointing is that a lot of women are actually living up to follow these rules.

In addition, Meyer discusses the presence of fear and how it influences women to just break down and let society take control of them. And she also talks about the only weapon that women can use to win against their fears, a strong belief in God. Because everyone can try to find confidence in themselves as hard as they could, but they won't find i if they don't have confidence in God.

Over all, Meyer did a great job writing down exactly what women need to know. With her straight and clear elaboration of the seven characteristics that makes a confident woman, every woman can easily apply it to themselves. A lot of the matters we consider lightly in life are not really as light, because they some of them eventually become the reasons as to why women are not that confident. The Confident Woman's message is very forward, it is not completely original, but any woman will surely learn to find security in her self.