You bought more books? Heidi asks.
'Yea, these are going to be really good ones' I sheepishly reply.
(She has heard the same story from me many a times)
'Dustin, why not just read the countless books you have and haven't read yet..or started but haven't finished?'
'Uggghhh...well...that'd be ideal...hmmmm...'
Heidi isn't against having/buying new books, but I think it would delight her if I would make it a point to NOT buy new books, until I read through the list of the ones I have. No harm in that...it'd probably do me good to heed that advice.
If the book does not impact my life in some way, then reading is merely entertainment. Maybe a little better than TV or browsing the internet. I have to ask myself this: if change doesn't occur in my life as a result of what I read...why read?
Again, like I mentioned in my list of books I'll be reading this year, one of my goals is to actually finish books I start, do a blog post of each of the books, and hopefully be able to articulate some of the ways I've been changed by God using books (ideas) to sanctify us and refine us.
When Heidi and I are in Ethiopia, we are going to have a lot of down time...so we are each going to bring a few books. Here are the books I'll be bringing, reading, and maybe even finishing, and most of all, being changed by.
Reclaiming Adoption: Missional Living through the Rediscovery of Abba Father
Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disablity and the Lessons of Grace
Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
Heidi's Taking...(I think)
Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches
Treasuring God in Our Traditions
Safely Home - Historical Fiction by Randy Alcorn. This is an EXCELLENT book. Can't put down, will grow your heart for missions.
I have that problem too sometimes, Dustin! As if you don't already have enough books to read, I just mailed you the book, Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child. Hopefully you will have time to read it too!
ReplyDeleteI have unread books on the shelf too. But I still like to get new ones! Instead of buying ones that sound good, I've been marking them on goodreads as "to read" and then checking them out from the library now and then. If they're unread, I can just return them to the library... no more (new) unread books sitting around for ages.
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