So I used to get paid for "reading" growing up. My mother is a genius and she got my sister and me all excited about reading by giving us a penny for each page we read. We would tally up the amount of pages read at the end of each book and that became a way for us to make a little bit of pocket change. It was wonderful and it did exactly what my mom had hoped it would. Bonnie and I both love to read now and no one is paying us :) I don't read fast and hardly am able to retain much of what I read (this tragically has made me a horrible test taker) but I enjoy books. I have toyed with the idea of writing children's books because my mind is constantly racing with the most clever (or at least in my opinion) ideas! I just can't sit still enough to transfer my thoughts to paper. Anyway, so I love to read now and when Roy and I were dating he caught on to reading as well ( I always remind him that he started reading once he met me. haha) I have read more since I got married than I ever have before and right now and working my way through 4 books. Thankfully they aren't all fiction where I am constantly getting the story lines mixed up. These books are quite easy to keep separate.
If you are looking for some good reads, here are a few books that are currently on my night stand.
"A Praying Life" by Paul Miller
This book came HIGHLY recommended. A lady from our church kindly purchased this book for me and Roy and I read a few chapters together at night each week. It is totally transforming the way we view prayer. It's a great read for sure!
"So Long Insecurity" by Beth Moore
The title of this book alone drove me to want to read it. I am working my way through it fairly quickly since I am borrowing it from the public library :) My mom loves Beth Moore, but this is the first book I have read by her. It is changing my life. I have struggled with insecurity for years and this book is helping me dig to the root of this heart issue, hopefully bringing restoration and peace.
"Passion of Christ" by John Piper
John Piper is a Baptist pastor in Minneapolis and since getting exposure to his preaching (check it out at http://www.desiringgod.org ) I have become a huge fan. This book tells 50 reasons why Jesus came to die... why He had to go to the cross and suffer to bring redemption to lost and dying people.
"Tramp for the Lord" by Corrie ten Boom
I first read "The Hiding Place" by CTB a few years ago which tells her personal story of hiding Jews in her family's watch repair shop, only to have those Jews found the Corrie and her family shipped off to a concentration camp. Why did Jesus allow her to suffer so badly in this capacity? The Gospel was preached and many lives were spared! Corrie shared the Gospel with many Jews who proclaimed Jesus as Lord before their brutal deaths. This second books tells many of her remarkable stories of how the Lord used her before and after the concentration camp.
