Tuesday, March 29, 2016
I love to read. In fact reading is probably my favorite leisure activity. Sometimes I have to make myself not read because once I pick up a book I am no use for anything else. I picked up a new book on Friday and have stayed up way too late each night reading and my to-do list has not even been looked at. I believe that the difference between people who love to read and those who hate to read is the ability to transform oneself into the story you are reading. Every book I pick up I can make my mind become a part of the story. Reading each word as if I am a character in the book. Every once in a while I get a book and I just can't "get into it", these are the books I (gasp) never finish. This is also how I read the Bible. Each story, each verse I read I can place myself in the crowd or a bystander looking on observing and living in my mind and heart what is happening. There is always one story in the Bible that I have to be honest, makes me squirm a little bit. Matthew 1...