I love reading and have since a little girl. I experience all the emotions in the story as if I am literally there. Fear, love, happiness, anger, you name it and I have experienced it. I used to love reading Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Clive Barker novels. Any horror book would be on the agenda. I guess I loved feeling afraid, but I didn’t like it. So, why continue in something you do not enjoy? I cannot answer that, but it is what it is! I have decided that is the reason for a lot of my issues – fear that is.
I would read these authors books constantly. One could not hit the market where I would pass it by and they had to be hardcover, no paperbacks on my shelves. The book covers would be neatly removed and put aside while reading and absolutely no writing in these books nor turned down pages. I mean, come on, that is why they make book markers. After reading the book, the book cover would be placed back on and the book found it’s home on the shelves of my bookcase looking as if it had never been read. OCD some call it, but I lean more toward taking care of your things.
After finding God I found that I could not read any books other than the Bible. I tried on several occassions to read my favorite authors, but could not stay interested enough to finish them. The Bible was another story. I could not seem to put it down. I will say this however, it took me a little time to comprehend the Bible, but when it happened I was hooked.
The most amazing thing about the Bible is it is just one book, but more stories and lessons than I can recall and these stories adapt to whatever I seem to be going through at the time. I see different things in them suitable for the present. Last year I may have read the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den and the story spoke to me about standing up for your beliefs regardless of the consequences. Then, today, a year later I read the exact same story but it speaks to me about God keeping me safe in spite of others desires and I come out on top. That is why the Bible is alive and active, constantly moving, and dividing the good and bad. Who could not love that?
The only book I read today and desire to read is the Bible. It is God’s love story to mankind. So, I have switched from fear reading to love reading and couldn’t be more happy.
By the way, I’m still taking care of my possessions or as some say, still OCD. To each is his or her own perspective.
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