Curling up with a book can be a wonderful thing. You can take wonderful journeys of thousands of miles without leaving your chair. Through the power of words and imagination, you can lose yourself into a whole new world. So we also know exactly what Gustave Flaubert was trying to say when he exclaimed, "Read in order to live'. And don't we all want to live, and not just exist?
I was exposed to books at a very young age, and I have always loved reading. In the fourth grade I purposed to read the World Book Encyclopedia all the way through, all 22 volumes. I did it by the middle of my fifth grade year. It is amazing what you can do when you set your mind to it, and what you can do a piece at a time, step by step.
Recently, a doctoral program has forced me back into the wonderful world of words. It is a great joy once again. And it is a sublime pleasure to read the Bible, God’s set aside Word for the world! The Bible underlines the power of our words. Reading God’s words is a powerful thing. Saying and declaring them into our prayers and lives is even more transformative. Let His words become your words, from the inside out. Praise God from whom all blessings – and the blessings of words – flow!
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