Life Interrupted and other thoughts

I am new to this blogging thing so I'm still trying to organize my blog and my thoughts. I would really like to find a way to put my goodreads widget on here so you can see the books I have. I may end up using a different site if I cannot get things to post on here like I want them to. My wonderful techie hubby will have to try to assist me.

I currently have a few books in the works (I seem to read more than one book at a time.) My friend, Mary, suggested I read a book by Priscilla Shirer called Life Interrupted: Navigating the Unexpected. Thank YOU, Mary!! This book is wonderful. Shirer uses the book of Jonah to show how "interruptions" in our life can actually be God's intervention showing us what He is calling us to do. Jonah is a quite short book in the Bible, so she is able to really go indepth into scripture.

I really enjoyed her chapter on second chances. Our God is the God of second chances, but just because we are given a second chance doesn't mean we aren't asked to complete the task God assigned us. Like Jonah, we could be running away and suddenly swallowed up only to be put back on the shore we were running from.

I highly recommend this book. It is based on scripture and the book of Jonah but it is not a "bible study" in the traditional sense. I would encourage you to dig out your bible and really look at the passages she discusses them in this book. Pray that God give you open your heart and mind to the message He is putting out there for you.