My Time at the Inn

I read twenty books last year, just four books short of goal of two books a month.  The list does not include the Bible, so do not be discouraged if you don't see it on my list.  I did read it, and on some days the Bible is the only book that should be read. 1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster.  I borrowed this book from my son, Timothy.  I highly recommend it as it gives insight into how look at character, setting, and plot.  2. Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama.  This was an interesting book on the women of China in from the 1920's to the start of World War II.   Young girls were sold by their families into the silk trade.  It is not a book that everyone would like. 3.  Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.  Classic tale about a young man falsely put into a French prison for life.  There he meets another man also falsely accused.  Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo, takes revenge ...

Today, as I tutored a little girl, I could see the light go on, and that learning took place. I said a little prayer that the Lord would help her learning to stay with her.  Later in the morning, as I lectured on closed and open syllables, the child I tutored smiled and raised her hand.  She could define open and closed syllables and she knew which vowels were long and short, but the great blessing was seeing the joy on her face that not only had she she discovered she had learned something, but she could share it with others.  I thought about it after class was over, and I thought it must be like that with our Father in Heaven.  He gives us His word and He guides us, and wants us to learn.  He wants us to know Him fully and totally.  I don't know about you, but sometimes, I am a slow  learner, and I don't always understand, but Jesus patiently, persistently  guides me, until one day the light goes on, and I un...

Today our pastor preached a a sermon on the New Year.  He based is sermon on Ephesians 1: 15-18, and he challenged us to be like Paul and pray for the believers in our  midst.  I would like to to that this year.  He said you come to love those you pray for.This I know from experience  to be true. Then he said, "It is easier to see the weaknesses in others."  Right away the Lord spoke to my heart and showed me a glaring sin within me that parallels pastor's comment about seeing the weaknesses in others. One of my son's got married December 21st to a wonderful young  woman and we are overjoyed that God has blessed us with another daughter. Another son and daughter are making inquiries into graduate school and soon will leaving the nest.  This too is wonderful,but for some reason, it left me with a sadness.  I hesitate it to call it depression, but I had felt a bit sorry for myself.  Mostly I think my sadness came as a result of my o...