And the things that have been on my heart often these days revolve around urban ministry, relationship building, learning about the hurts of this world, giving the religious spirit in my life the boot, pressing into my calling as a mother, praying for financial peace and desiring joyful, Christ-contagious living.Because I'm a reader, I find myself seeking out reading material to give greater definition to my rattled thoughts and to hear God speaking in new ways.
If you're reading this, I'm assuming you too enjoy a good read, so here are some of the books I've consumed lately to accompany these themes:
Urban ministry & relationship building: How to Hug a Smelly Guy by Jeff Johnson
Learning about the hurts of this world: In Land of the Blue Burqas by Kate McCord and God Grew Tired of Us (we watched the movie last night )
Giving the religious spirit in my life the book: God Without Religion by Andrew Farley
Pressing into my calling as a mother: Cleaning House by Kay Wills Wyma - I haven't started this one yet. I just learned about it today as Amy is hosting a book club starting April 18. But it fits with this growing theme for me.
Praying for financial peace: Total Money Makeover & Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey - which ironically also brought on anxiety but I'm trusting God to show us the way as let some of these money lessons settle on our hearts
Desiring joyful, Christ-centered living: There's only One source for that - the Bible. So I'm grateful for the BSF study on Genesis and John MacArthur's study on Acts that I'm doing with our Life Group.
Any other recommended reads for these categories? How has God been speaking to you lately?
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i've read God Grew Tired of Us....(or seen the movie. or both) Another for that category is my all-time favorite book that I believe all humans should read: Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza. She survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994 by hiding in a tiny bathroom for 91 days. She prayed almost non-stop for those 91 days. Not only did God save her (not a spoiler, as she authored the book!) but He did a tremendous work in her spiritual life. I highly recommend it. And I'm doing Amy's book club, too!
So much food for thought! You have so many ideas going on that it makes me think of a buffet--hard to know which to choose because they all look so good! Thank you for sharing these ideas and thank you for sharing your journey with us.
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