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I am so excited to participate in the Preview to Summer: A Blogger Book Swap!
The second step in this swap is to share three of our favorite books. As everyone else has shared, choosing only three is a challenge, but these are the ones that continue to leave a mark on me.
1. The Bible. I read it almost every day. Almost 14 years ago, I was baptized into Christ. The Word of God has been incredibly relevant in my life throughout the past decade and a quarter. I am thankful for the words of encouragement, the promises and the expectations that God has for me. I hope my love for God is recognized in all I do; I only get the strength to follow Him and do His well by reading it and feeding on it everyday.
2. Eat, Pray, Love. I read this book over 7 years ago. I had been widowed and felt lost as to what I ought to specifically do next, how to actually move forward. I knew God was there for me but was unsure about how to step out into the world. I don't even recall how I finally got my fingers wrapped around this book, but am glad that I did. I could relate to a lot of her thoughts and feelings about herself; things she had suppressed for so long and that finally came to the surface. I was flying someplace, I don't recall where to, and remember reading this book on the plane and having to quickly cover my mouth to stifle a loud guffaw (yelp, inappropriately loud laugh) in response to the words on the page. I did not want to the book to end and to this day have not read the final page.
3. Harry Potter. I think this is one of my favorites because I have read the entire series twice but more importantly, the legacy has lived on because my 13 year-old son has read it three times. It is a bond we share, a language we speak and it is all the more sweet because he was reluctant to even pick it up. Now, we laugh because I am able to choose books that I've not even read yet that turn out to be of interest to him, keeps him a hungry, hungry reader and his imagination vivid and youthful. I attribute that to the trust that Harry Potter helped me build with him.
I am enjoying hearing about other folk's faves. So many books, so little time...
The second step in this swap is to share three of our favorite books. As everyone else has shared, choosing only three is a challenge, but these are the ones that continue to leave a mark on me.
1. The Bible. I read it almost every day. Almost 14 years ago, I was baptized into Christ. The Word of God has been incredibly relevant in my life throughout the past decade and a quarter. I am thankful for the words of encouragement, the promises and the expectations that God has for me. I hope my love for God is recognized in all I do; I only get the strength to follow Him and do His well by reading it and feeding on it everyday.
2. Eat, Pray, Love. I read this book over 7 years ago. I had been widowed and felt lost as to what I ought to specifically do next, how to actually move forward. I knew God was there for me but was unsure about how to step out into the world. I don't even recall how I finally got my fingers wrapped around this book, but am glad that I did. I could relate to a lot of her thoughts and feelings about herself; things she had suppressed for so long and that finally came to the surface. I was flying someplace, I don't recall where to, and remember reading this book on the plane and having to quickly cover my mouth to stifle a loud guffaw (yelp, inappropriately loud laugh) in response to the words on the page. I did not want to the book to end and to this day have not read the final page.
3. Harry Potter. I think this is one of my favorites because I have read the entire series twice but more importantly, the legacy has lived on because my 13 year-old son has read it three times. It is a bond we share, a language we speak and it is all the more sweet because he was reluctant to even pick it up. Now, we laugh because I am able to choose books that I've not even read yet that turn out to be of interest to him, keeps him a hungry, hungry reader and his imagination vivid and youthful. I attribute that to the trust that Harry Potter helped me build with him.
I am enjoying hearing about other folk's faves. So many books, so little time...
