I Love to Read

The Good News Today Is...I am reading a really good novel right now. I have always loved reading good books and I used to feel guilty that I would take time out of my busy schedule to read murder mysteries or romance novels. I thought that perhaps it was inappropriate for me to read that kind of stuff when I should be reading Christian novels or self help books. I tried for awhile...really I did, but there's no hope for it. What I find when I read these novels is that we all have similar hopes and dreams, we just go after them differently. I find that I can often build my faith in God by relating to the humanity portrayed in the fiction I read...(really I can, this is not a rationalization...at least I hope it isn't!) I am currently reading a fantasy novel where the main characters know each others thoughts and feelings telepathically. It is a knowledge of each other that is so intimate it seems intolerable. No where to hide their secrets or their fears. I was so taken up by the story I almost missed the point that this is what our relationship with the Holy Spirit is meant to be. There is nothing we can say, think, or feel that we can hide from the Holy Spirit. We should all be much more in tune to that....and that is my lesson from this novel.