A beautiful and timeless story of a man who has taken his wife for granted and one day realizes his transgressions. He is determined to love and care for her as he should. This book is romantic and refreshing.
September 16, 2008
September 9, 2008
2 books in 2 weekends
It seems that I have been bitten by the bookworm again and I have to say, I feel like my old self! The feeling I get from reading a good book is equivalent to running a marathon or catching an awesome wave (or so I've been told). Lately we've been watching a lot of tv, though my hubbie would disagree, and it is so unfulfilling.
Anyway, the 2 books I read were actually quite good despite the fact I found them both by accident.
1) Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
A beautifully written book sometimes a bit graphic at points but I guess it was necessary to carry out the moral of the story. I'm a prude. It definitely illustrated the danger of the mind and how if we're left to figure out things for ourselves, we'd mess things up pretty badly. I'm glad God's done all the figuring out!
2) The Choice, Nicholas Sparks
Definitely a lighter read than Chesil Beach but it had some great twists! Nicholas is quite verbose, however, that's how he gets you to fall in love with the characters. This book made me cry.....a few times!
Anyway, the 2 books I read were actually quite good despite the fact I found them both by accident.
1) Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
A beautifully written book sometimes a bit graphic at points but I guess it was necessary to carry out the moral of the story. I'm a prude. It definitely illustrated the danger of the mind and how if we're left to figure out things for ourselves, we'd mess things up pretty badly. I'm glad God's done all the figuring out!
2) The Choice, Nicholas Sparks
Definitely a lighter read than Chesil Beach but it had some great twists! Nicholas is quite verbose, however, that's how he gets you to fall in love with the characters. This book made me cry.....a few times!
September 2, 2008
God uses license plates
I heard on a recent radio ministry broadcast that God speaks to us in big and small ways. Sometimes they're blaringly obvious almost audible and other times you wonder if you're making it up in your head (the latter happens to me a lot).
This afternoon on my way to the doctor, I began thinking about my conversation with the pharmacist last week. As he handed me my ovulation-inducing prescription, he said, "Go to Catalina. It's always worked for me." At first, I didn't think too much of it, but then as I got into my car, I started thinking about how the first time we were pregnant it happened while we were on vacation. I decided that there was some wisdom to the pharmacists' words. Anyway back to my drive to the doctor, I began thinking about whether or not we would really go to Catalina. Then I started rationalizing (something I do too much of according to Melvin - who happens to know me best) that we're going to SF and Orlando in October and that a trip to Catalina would be expensive. And then for some reason my eyes shifted right to the truck passing me and his license plate said "Catalinaxxxx." I don't remember the last digits.
I laughed and thanked God for His note to me. It is so awesome to me that He, our BIG GOD, has a direct line to SMALL ME. He knew that I would engage in another crazy conversation with myself and used that truck to send me a message. Catalina it is.
This afternoon on my way to the doctor, I began thinking about my conversation with the pharmacist last week. As he handed me my ovulation-inducing prescription, he said, "Go to Catalina. It's always worked for me." At first, I didn't think too much of it, but then as I got into my car, I started thinking about how the first time we were pregnant it happened while we were on vacation. I decided that there was some wisdom to the pharmacists' words. Anyway back to my drive to the doctor, I began thinking about whether or not we would really go to Catalina. Then I started rationalizing (something I do too much of according to Melvin - who happens to know me best) that we're going to SF and Orlando in October and that a trip to Catalina would be expensive. And then for some reason my eyes shifted right to the truck passing me and his license plate said "Catalinaxxxx." I don't remember the last digits.
I laughed and thanked God for His note to me. It is so awesome to me that He, our BIG GOD, has a direct line to SMALL ME. He knew that I would engage in another crazy conversation with myself and used that truck to send me a message. Catalina it is.
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