How is your reading going this year?
Here lately, I've been in a bit of a reading slump where I'm just struggling to get through a book. Don't get me wrong; I have enjoyed the last couple of books I read but after I was finished with them. I hated the thought of SO many chapters to get through. . . scenes that didn't catch my interest. Until this book came along. When I first started reading it, I scolded myself. "WHY did I wait 10 whole months to read this book?" (Looking at you, my ever-growing TBR pile.) This was just the book to get me out of that reading slump. I loved the characters, the settings, the sprinkling of romance, and the woven threads of faith in this novel. Elizabeth (or Libby, as she went by) feels as if she doesn't belong in her society and she feels as if nobody knows her true self. She loves studying nature through the lens of her microscope and this made the faith threads really unique to her point of view. Oliver was another great hero, gentle and considerate. There was one scene where he and Libby were having a discussion and one of the things he told her really jumped out at me. I had to stop reading and let the truth sink in. "He knows you, and He calls you by name. He knows how you fit into this world." -Oliver Tremayne ;) It was the last sentence. . . ah! Isn't that so good? Our God knows how we fit into this world. I found that truth to be comforting, when, at the time, I was struggling with what I should be writing and how I should use the gift God has given me for Him. It's enough to know that He knows how I fit into this world. I hope that truth encourages you, whatever season you are in at the moment, and that it brings a measure of comfort as well. Because there is only one of YOU and He knows how you fit in to this wonderful world He has created. =) Thank you for writing this story, Roseanna!
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