Literary Leanings

2/3/09
For all my “kiddie lit” friends---as the Pokey Little Puppy went roly-poly-pel-mel down the hill, so might my words come out tonight. BTW, all who know me, know that there is no such thing as good literature written just for children---if it’s well written, all readers can enjoy it.
Several of you have asked what I’m reading lately---actually I don’t have enough time or space to list all tonight. Suffice it to say, I have always been one who could read several books at once---though I’m not talking Dostoevsky here. If it’s non-fiction, I’m a pro at directing my reading for specific info. I have been known to read the last chapter first, or at least scan it. That’s why those books have a good index or a helpful table of contents. Helps me get to the “meat” of what I’m looking for.

Someone else asked me, “what’s on your bedside table?” Now, that’s getting a little personal and maybe even insulting if you’ve been measuring the dust, but……if you’re talking books, I’m just finishing up Philip Yancey’s, Soul Survivor, and am beginning to devour a work of fiction,
Shards of Shell by Michele Phoenix. It‘s poignant, it’s funny, there’s a love interest and a 4 yr. old speaking with a “southern accent,” who will capture your heart.
If you want to order one---don’t go to a bookstore or on-line---just make a check for $18 (that includes the postage) to Michele Phoenix and mail it with your request to :
Dream Acres - 4755 Oliver Road - Timmonsville, SC 29161-7722
As for devotional books, you’ll just have to keep reading the blog b/c I will usually share the one that has spoken to me that day. I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’m in first person singular here---this has been my choice—books help me---these thoughts are all mine, etc. I take full responsibility b/c this is just my story and it’s the only one I know---the only one I can tell—I’m just allowing you to peek into some of my journal entries to see who I am. I can only do that because I know Whose I am.

My underlinings from Streams in the Desert today: God shines His light on you to make you fit for life’s deserts………….He lifts you to new heights to strengthen you so that you may go deeper still……..He illuminates you so He may send you into the night, making you a help to the helpless……….The time of testing that distinguishes and greatly enriches a person’s spiritual career is not an ordinary one but a period when it seems as if all hell were set loose……And the testing “later on…produces a harvest of righteousness and peace. (Hebrews 12:11)