So I've got these two books I am reading for Masters Commission. I have to read them then do a one page Response. To help me do this I figure that if I blog while I read, it will give me incentive to finish because I really rather detest these type of Non-Fiction books. Well maybe detest is a bit of a strong word, let's just say I don't normally enjoy them.
Moving on. >>>>>>>>>>>>
The first book I chose out of the list is called "Don't Waste Your Life" and it is by John Piper. Now so far (and I have only read the first chapter) I actually like this one. Its at least grabbed my attention. There was a story he told, one his father, an Evangelist, always told about an old man who came to Christ. This elderly man was stubborn and hard, his friends and family who went to the church prayed for him for years. Well on the night that John Piper's dad was preaching at this church the old man came in, and at the end of the service gave his life. But what he said broke my heart, as it did to John Piper. "I've wasted it!" Meaning his life.
I actually had to stop reading the book there for a minute as it hit me. I don't want to be that old man. I don't want to stop one day when I am old and gray, look back and my life and realize I wasted it. Do you realize how depressing that thought would be!?!
This thought ignited a passion in me, one that I couldn't dig up to save my life. But through those words and that story, God lit the fire again. I don't want a minimal life! I don't want to sit by and watch it fade away! I want to do something for God! It's safe to say I am excited about this book and can't wait to see what God has for me to realize. :)
Only one life,
'Twill soon be past.
Only what's done
For Christ will last.
LmS
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