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As many of you know, and my wife has stated before, I love books, actually we both do. Well, some books I read b/c I don't want to get sucked into a cyclone of movie watching. Some books I read in 2-3 days and don't get any sleep, or as much work done as I probably should, (When Crickets Cry is a great example) They are the type of book I read while eating instead of talking with my lovely wife;) (even though she tries). Then there are the books that I read because they were suggested to me, or I would like to read them and they trudge along and take forever, even though they are decent, and informative (for me this was The Prince-Francine Rivers, (on the life of Prince Jonathan) a good book I just couldn't get into it). Then there are my favourite books, and the VERY RARE exception. They are the books that make your heart leap and break at the same time, the books that you only read parts of chapters because you can't take anymore. The ones that make me come alive and WONDER! They are very few, less than a hand full that I have read. They make you just want to stop and stare out the window at the snow falling and marvel at the intricacies of the design of the snow flakes falling and marvel that our All Supreme God knows each one, or at the marvellous design of the pine tree next to the window that is still fully awake, not dormant because it was DESIGNED to do very slow respiration so it would be able to be alive all year round and survive through the months of drought each winter. They are the books that bring GOD to the forefront. And by doing so all is righted. If you have experienced this you know what I mean! Your mind is a swirl of emotion and thought, you can't hardly concentrate on the task at hand because you are carried away to thinking about the Supremacy of God, the wonders of HIM and HIS ...... Grace, mercy, love, a myriad of things!!! Sometimes these books take a long time to read. Not because you struggle through them, but because they require it! You are continually stopping to think over what you read, to contemplate the magnitude of what was just read and what that means for my worldview, for how I think about God in relation to God, and Him glorified through me.
I think I am starting one of those books right now. I have only just begun, and am already ............ I just don't know how to explain it, hmm. I will end with this quote of another quote: "Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy!....Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth" (Pss. 67:3-4; 47:6-7)