I love it when I read blogs and they list the books they have read or are currently reading. I am trying really hard to get back into reading. I always am reading a self-help, faith growing type book, but I am trying to branch into a more fun easy read book also.
Here is my stack at this very moment.
Crazy Rich Asians... is the fun book. Ha. I saw it on another blog and requested it at the library and it has not disappointed. It is light and funny and I just wish I had more time for fun reading. By the end of the day I sometimes just can't will my brain or eyes to read. It is much easier to watch The Office and fall asleep within 5 minutes. Literally. Jesse gets so mad that I can't stay awake and watch TV (or movies) with him. Please don't go and request it from the library just yet because I need about 3 more renewals before I will be ready to give it back. And if you request it they will make me give it back!!
desperate... oh moms!! I did this book with 2 of my homeschooling moms this summer as kind of a book club of sorts. There was only 3 of us so not sure that is a book club. This book!! Spoke right to my heart and soul. I have so many things underlined!! Shall I just share a few? Okay!!
Anger and resentment were living just under my skin. Exhausted, out of my mind, and still hormonal, every day felt like a fight. Feelings of desperation were like an ever-present shadow over the good in my life. Experiencing hope in Jesus felt like chasing gold at the end of a rainbow... getting to it was always out of reach. Motherhood was something I planned for, something I wanted, so why was living it out so drastically different from my expectations?
..."good" motherliness has nothing to do with how God sees me. Nothing. I am pleasing to Him on my good days and my bad days. His love for me never wavers... and never will. Because I am His.
We can approach the throne of grace with confidence; can your children approach you with confidence, knowing they will be loved no matter what? Let them know that you are on their team; that you are for them and not against them; that you will forgive, always, just as the Father forgives.
Good nuggets!!! I already want to read it again and soak up more!! Parenting is hard stuff!! Homeschooling is hard stuff!! I need these kind of books to put me back on the right path of why I do what I do!! This book goes back and forth between a young mom who is drowning in her role and an older wiser mom who encourages her (and us) to keep fighting.
For the Love... is a book I just got and I am only 3 chapters in, but I can tell already it is going to be a good one!! It is how to handle and love and give grace to ALL the people in our lives.
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