What I am Reading

I decided I would read more this year and actually finish some books I tried to read last year but just couldn't get through. To start this year off I am reading the bible through with a one years reading plan.  Also, I am going to finish some books I started last year.

The Frieda C. White book that I shared last year, and have not finished, is for sure one I want to continue. Each time I start to read it there is so much there that the Holy Spirit begins to speak to me about that I barely get a few pages read and then spend days journaling it all out. It struck me as such a good book that I get a copy to two friends.

Another book I have been reading is "The Final Quest" by Rick Joyner.  So far I find it interesting but it is not normally something I would read.  Still I want to read it as a very good friend gave it to me and is anticipating a good talk about it.  I love talking books and so I am looking forward to this talk but I must get the book read first.

I got a large print book at the friends of the library sale and I am enjoying it a lot.  I like to end the day by reading from a novel just before I go to sleep.  "Stepping into the Sunlight" by Sharon Hinck is a book about a woman who closely witnesses a hold-up in a convenience store and ends up with panic attacks.  This book is a story about her journey back to normal functioning. 

And the last book I am starting the year 2019 off with is "50 Women Every Christian Should Know" by Michelle DeRusha.  It was a wonderful Christmas Gift from my son and DIL.  I have looked through it and read the introduction but tonight I read the first entry and learned of an amazing Catholic Nun, Hildegard of Bingen abbess, meaning the Mother Superior, of the Abby who was a very interesting lady.  She had visions and words of knowledge from God and wrote them down with the Pope's blessing in the 1100's.  I am looking forward to getting to know these ladies, some I already know of and many who are new to me. 

These four books are not all that I have started but not finished.  I have "The Carolina Heirlooms Collection" by Lisa Wingate on my tablet. I read it when I am out to lunch with my husband.  As we have done since we first got married we read at lunch.  He looks at websites on his tablet and I play games, look at Facebook, and/or read the books I have saved on my tablet. We talk a lot while doing this.  We have always done it and I assume since we are in our 60's that we always will. 

Usually I start the year by rereading a loved book I have read many times before.  This year I felt I had enough to read for now. I want to keep a record of the books I read this year and what better place than here to hopefully encourage someone else to read as well. 

Now for something I am not sure I understand but feel I must do as a way of complying with rules and that is to say "WHILE I AM NOT SURE IF THIS SITE DOES USE COOKIES IT IS A POSSIBILITY SO IF YOU DON'T WANT COOKIES PLEASE GO ELSEWHERE."

Country Kitchen Ruffled Apron | with Jennifer Bosworth of Shabby Fabrics

Christmas will be here sooner that we think.  I can hardly believe how fast the year has gone.  

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An amazing Man of God

Billy Graham 1918-2018

The Land of Bread and Praise

I love to read and I just finished re-reading a Jamie Langston Turner book.  I recommend all of her books so it really doesn't matter which book I just read because they are all equally as good.  Now I am re-reading a Janette Oak book.  She too is a favorite author and I recommend all her books too.  Two other books I am reading/studying are Frieda C. White's "She Left a Legacy" about the book of Ruth and Pastor Diego Mesa's "40 Days of Praising God". 

In "She Left a Legacy" am finding some things in common with Naomi.  I am not a widow but I identify with some of her actions Actually I see her actions in contrast to some actions I have taken in the past.  She is a mentor to me of how to act in a hard situation. You may think this odd since not a lot is directly said about her actions.  What I tells me of her actions is what I see in how she is so loved by her daughter's in law, and the friends back in Bethlehem.  Had she not been a certain kind of persons she would not have been so loved.  I have only made it to the second to last page of the first chapter in this book and have prayerfully gained much insight into my own life in the pages there.  Each day I dig in a bit more. 

The next book that I am reading that is making a great impact on my life is Pastor Diego Mesa's "40 Days of Praising God."  I am in to the 34th day and each day has brought me closer to a continual habit of praising God all the time.  Wow the beauty of praise is very evident in the word and it even says that Praise is beautiful in Psalm 147.  It is beautiful and I can't even begin to describe the joy I have felt each day going though this book and how it has lingered with me all day long.  Also in situations that would have other wise upset me I have remembered the praise I was feeling in the morning and it has stopped me becoming upset, angry, or depressed over the situation.  It has been a great book and I don't want it to end but I have just over a week of praise devotions left. 

Pastor Diego has written other "40 Days of..." and I think I would like to go through each of them one at a time.  I'll let you know what I learn from them and the next chapters of "She Left A Legacy."

Communion. So important.

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My Joy

My joy at this time of year is that I am healthy after being sick for a good long time and I am looking forward to 2018 with happy anticipation.  It think 2018 will be a wonderful year.  No particular reason except a gut feeling that this will be a wonderful year.

I have been going through an exciting little book by Pastor Diego Mesa titled 40 Days of Praising God.  Oh it is wonderful and brings me joy, more each day, as I praise God along with this little book.

Happy New Year everyone and I hope you find so many days of Praise this year.  365 days of praise to be exact.

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! Sing out the honor of His name; make His praise glorious. Psalm 66:1, 2