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What I'm Reading

I enjoy the descriptive language Frances Mayes wields so capably in describing life in her second home - Tuscany. (I skip over the recipes at the end of most chapters because I know I will never "do" them.) I need to finish this because I'm anxious to read the new novel by Anne Lamott...and I have a third book in the wings--a Francine Rivers book that Donna lent me. Would you believe I've never read one of F.R.'s books?

Unfortunately I've fallen behind in my read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year plan. I WILL complete this! I just have a lot of catch-up to do (not to mention house-cleaning). A friend I haven't seen since high school days is coming to over-night with us tomorrow on her way to Cincinnati, so I SHOULD be motivated.

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DeniseApril 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM
Enjoy your weekend sweetie.
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EileenApril 30, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Oh, I hardly ever read anymore, when I read, I like to read a book straight through in a day or two, and I just don't have a whole day or two to devote anymore. I miss it though and my husband always says, "Just read a book like a normal person would, a little at a time over a few weeks." Can't do it.

And isn't it something how life gets in the way of all our best-laid plans?!
You'll finish your Bible-in-a-year, it's just that your vacation sort of side-tracked you.

Love to you,
Eileen
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SandyApril 30, 2010 at 11:42 AM
That should be great fun
reminiscing with your old
high school friend. Have
a wonderful visit.
Sandy
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Sniffles and SmilesApril 30, 2010 at 3:50 PM
You sound so much like me...I usually have several books going at once! Have a wonderful time with your friend! I'm sure it will be terrific whether your house is clean or not :-) Love you! Janine XO
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BernieApril 30, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Enjoy your old school friend and I am sure you will eventually catch up with all your book reading.........:-) Hugs
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Donna's Book NookMay 1, 2010 at 8:44 AM
House cleaning is over-rated! Coming from one who certainly doesn't overdo in that area! If we have more days like today, it will be easy to curl up in a chair and read.
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DonnaMay 1, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Will have to check out Frances Mayes and Ann Lamott. I think I've read just about everything by Francine Rivers...the last was Her Mother's Hope. It's easy to get sidetracked from cleaning and other chores by books calling your name..

Hope you enjoy your visit with your friend. A true friend is the rarest of all blessings.
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

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WITH WHICH TO
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God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

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