Excellent post from Katie: (found via FB: Katie blogs again over at incourage: God says, "I'm here now, and I am ok with the mess because I am here for the messy.")
http://www.incourage.me/2012/01/when-you-think-you-are-not-ready.html
“I like reading. Each time I read a new book, I am stretched as a person. I am forced to embrace a new thought and evaluate my life against it. I am taken to new places and enjoy conversations with new people. I am inspired, entertained, and invested into. I become a better person because of it… I just wish I did more of it. That’s why I’ve taken this occasion of a new year to purposely resolve to read more books.”
from the blog post:
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2012/01/16/12-reasons-to-read-books/
1. “If there is one thing our society is lacking these days, it is Responsibility. Responsibility for our own actions. Responsibility for our own consequences. Responsibility for our behaviors, emotions, and reactions. All too often it is someone else’s fault or someone else’s job. In fact, so many people have outsourced their responsibilities to the point there is no one left to take responsibility for anything.”
2. “I want to raise adults. Real adults. Adults who are responsible, discerning, and purposeful. Christianity encourages maturity. It encourages seeking and searching, growing and learning. It encourages not just reading the Scripture, but doing the Scripture.”
these quotes are from the blog post: “I am raising adults” http://raisinghomemakers.com/2012/i-am-raising-adults/
