Brothers and sisters,
I love books.
I love to read.
I still have the very first book I ever read on my own. It’s on the shelf right behind me. It’s a “Peanuts” (Charlie Brown and Snoopy) collection that I received as a gift when I was four years old. It’s pretty beaten up but I love it dearly. I can still remember taking my finger and going from word to word as I read it for the first time.
Reading is like breathing for me. I will read just about anything. I read some truly awful books during my time in the Middle East because I had no other choice – I had to read! On the other hand, back here in the States, I have no problem putting a book down forever after fifty pages if it’s terrible. There’s simply too much good stuff available here to waste my time with a bad book.
Speaking of reading – did you happen to notice the FREE books available last Sunday as you waked in the door of the Carmichael Room? Yes, these books are provided FREE for your reading pleasure and growth in the faith. There’s no “fluff” on the table. These are solid, trustworthy, and biblical books.
I encourage you to pick one or two up. Read it, keep it, or pass it on to another who may benefit from it. And then let me know how it affected you. I’d enjoy hearing about it.
Blessings in Christ,
David
