Tuesday, July 04, 2006

I've been enjoying a blog called girl talk. Here's a quote taken from their thoughts on reading. Obviously, I don't think Paul or Mr. Spurgeon were thinking about Tamar Myers or *House* with these words. Quite probably two other books I'm working on would fit the bill: *Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough* and *Age of Opportunity*. {G} The entry below this one or maybe it's two below has some great quotes about how to fit reading time into your plan. There are a ton of great quotes at this site...I may have to post a few more...since I AM awake and Stacia went back to sleep. {G}

Quote from Mr. Spurgeon:

“When you [Timothy] come bring the cloak which I [Paul] left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments" (2 Timothy 4:13).

"He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He has had wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up in the third heaven, and had heard things unlawful for a man to utter, yet he wants books! He has written a major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books! The apostle says to Timothy and so he says to every Christian, ‘Give thyself to reading.’ The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves he has no brains of his own.”

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