Just about to head to bed - I thought I'd quite like to start a new book, so looked on my shelves at the plethora of choices. (Note - I love books & at any given time, have a vast number just waiting to be read.) As it's Sunday, I like to focus my thoughts on God, and went to my shelves with a view to picking a book which helped me focus my thoughts on Him, to get to see Him in all His glory.
Surprisingly, having worked through the choices, I realised on my shelves here in NZ I have no books which lead me to specifically look at who God is and delight myself in Him. Yes, there were books which looked at aspects of doctrine, many books which in various ways were "how to-s" of the Christian life, some even written by unbelievers which focussed more on God than many Christian ones ('God is not great' & 'The God Delusion' - maybe it's time for a 'God is great' & 'The God Reality' reposte?), but I just wanted something which "fixed my eyes on the author and perfecter of our faith." Among the estimated several hundred I looked at, none fitted the bill.
Maybe this situation says more about me and my choices of books than it does about the Christian book scene and its authors and readers? But, having been thwarted at reading of Him of whom it was said "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." I've decided when I'm next back in the UK at the store of my boxed away books, I need to get my hands on some of those books & bring them back. Failing that, maybe it's time to even write some myself. Either way, I want to read more of Him and delight myself in Him.
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