Wealth in Pages

I got a new book a few days ago that came in by mail. It is about 2 inches thick for a theology class and as I begin to flip through the contents, I got a sense of excitement somehow. This book is one of those reference books that you want to keep at all times and not a one-time read. So just seeing the topics being highlighted at the table of contents made me want to read it so badly.

I have considered writing a book and I am still on it. But I know what it is like to write and to have all these papers brought together through the months or even years to put it on pages, such wealth of knowledge through the sweat, blood and tears of the author really does show how much hard work is needed to put a book together.

Not until the last 4 to 5 years do I really appreciate reading. I remembered even at the age of 12 where my family urges me to pickup the habit of reading, to which I really found it to be boring. I rather watch TV and play with Legos. I was being compared to my cousin for her love for reading and that I should be like her but it was too far fetch for me to want to be like her, I still wanted to play more than to read.

Obviously at that age, I could not see the value of reading, I only craved for the fulfillment through visualization and working of my hands. But as I grew older I come to see the value of reading and the knowledge that comes from it.

For the past 4 1/2 years in seminary, I could never have imagined the amount of books that I have come to read. Being emotionally prone and imaginative person, the contents of these books unleashed something in me that is indescribable. I have also learned more in these last few years through reading, compared to the trial and errors for the previous 28 years of my life. My perspectives have changes dramatically through being humbled by wisdom that wished I could have had many years back.

If a good book can change a mind, a library of wisdom can change a life. I am feeling utterly humbled by those that have gone before me. Hebrews 12 speaks of the great cloud of witnesses are those of which includes those that have endured through so much and given a piece of Godly wisdom through their obedience and pursuit.

I urge you to read and discover God in ways that you would not in your everyday life. Music can give you a foretaste of Him, but not a deep understanding of it. I urge you to read the bible but many people settle for the surface of the truth but not deep enough to hunger more for it. Then seek out a book to discover Him, Surprise yourself, and allow His sovereignty to change your life.