You know that feeling when a book jumps off a shelf and says take me home? I had that feeling with this book “Glorious Mess: Encountering God’s Relentless Grace for Imperfect People”. Grace…that is a word I seem to lack in my life. Grace for me or others seems to be lacking.
Anyways, I started to read this amazing book but then slowly I was losing interest. I realized that it wasn’t as new and exciting as when I first picked it up. Then I realized I have a huge bookcase with half read books. I love the first half of the book, the dating phase I call it. But when it comes time to finish the book, I lose interest fast!
That bookcase full of half read books, probably has tips to help my life, encouraging words I need to hear, and life lessons I need to learn. Instead they sit unread and dusty.
I have decided that this year I will finish some of those dusty messy books. First I started with Glorious Mess. I would like to say that my whole life is changed by finishing that book but alas it isn’t. But maybe something small is starting to change. A bit of hope has started to grow. Hope that makes me realize that I can change my life. Change by just making little everyday decisions. Cause really that is all change is, one little decision after another. I build it up to be this huge thing but only one decision is needed at a time.
So this is my messy reading journey that I am undertaking this year. One dusty book at a time. Next book to finish is The Birth Order book. 🙂
Messy Mel 