Books for lent

As those of you who are of the Christian (both Protestant and Catholic) faith and those familiar with the church's liturgical calendar know, now is the time of lent. To different people this means different things but the commonality we share is that this is a time to prepare ourselves for the Easter celebration by looking at ourselves more closely, replacing ungodly habits with devotions to God and being mindful of The Lord amongst out busy lives.

Often times people give up something they crave or depend on during this time. The idea is to replace this with prayer and bible reading: to crave The Lord as we crave these physical things. It is also to remember Jesus' 40 days of fasting and praying. For many it's a challenge to see if you can give up something, typically a good item, or a way to diet and therefore accomplish two things at once. Our pastor last Sunday touched on this saying this is not a time to diet, that is missing me entire point. It is for that reason that though I have decided to give up sweets I took it one step further. I was sitting in church the sunday before ask wednesday when it occurred to me that the thing that gets me through the day, that I turn to constantly is reading. Novels primarily. I constantly have a novel in my purse or work bag and another downloaded to my phone in the form of an audiobook to use while driving or hiking with the dog. If I were to truly give something up for 40 days and replace it with God and really go all the way with this, reading would be the way to go.

So last week I set aside my novels and began turning to Christian literature. There is quite a bit out there. I will certainly not be without something to read. To you, my blog readers, please do not stop reading my blog at this time. I will still be reviewing books, posting book art, and exploring other people's blogs. As always leave me your comments! I would love to see what my readers have to say!

Cheers!