Books

Recently my husband and I were taking a drive somewhere. My husband loves to talk to me of his dreams and future thoughts and I love to listen to them and nudge his inspiration; not this time though. He was telling me of his thought on the future of books and libraries. His idea was to see more and more books readable through Internet and less publication of actual books. This time, I stopped him and said, "Oh, how can you even think that? There is nothing on earth more comforting that holding a book in my hands. The older the better. The smell of books; the place they take you to; the comfort of reading about friends you will never meet except in books; best friends; places and times you can only go except in books; the emotions they invoke; just by holding it in your hands and smelling the cover; no, I hope books will never be replaced."

Well, he looked over at me and gave me his, "That is why I married you; I don't really get it, but I love you for it." look. Books for me are a passion, but most of all a learning time. I realize not everyone, okay.... most people don't love books as much as people like myself but can I encourage you to give it a try? Take 15 minutes a day, and read a good book this year. Read one a month and that would be 12 books this year. Join a book club, invest into your heart and mind by reading books, not just any books, but the right books.

Yes, there are such things as the right books and wrong books. In my opinion, the wrong spiritual books are fad books, books which are the biggest hype in Christianity are generally the wrong books. Avoid them (in my opinion) until a trusted Christian gives a positive review. Read books to stretch you and challenge you, and finally read books which just comfort your heart... Classics are the best for doing so. Tomorrow I will give a list of books I have read personally; perhaps you can choose one to read this year.