Still busy - but finally started a book for the summer!

We just came back form a family reunion - my side. We have it every year at Bear Lake, ID. It was very relaxing - those who bring the drama every year were not there. It was very uneventful - but so enjoyable.

What was not enjoyable was filling our car up for the trip. $105! UGH! And we have another family reunion next week - another $105 plus for just a little over 1 way of the trip!

Back to the positive. I was able to have time to start a book I have been wanting to read. "All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience" by Neal A. Maxwell. I have always stayed away from his books - just because when ever I heard him speak, if I even was distracted by a child for a second I was lost and could not get back to what he was trying to say. So I took this book on as a challenge to me. To stretch and challenge. I am only on page 28 - but absolutely love it. I am starring paragraphs and underline sentence after sentence. Every page has a new gem on it - and I am eating it up!

Here is one thought from the book -
"God loves us all - saint and sinner- with a perfect and everlasting love. We have His love, if not His approval. It is our love for Him that remains to be developed. When we come to be genuinely concerned with pleasing God - more than with pleasing any in the world, even ourselves - then our behavior improves and His blessings can engulf us. This sublime feeling can be experienced only if we come to know enough about Him so that our awe melts into adoration, and our respect into utter reverence."

That is on page 3! There is no easing into things - he just jumps into this deep thinking and every sentence he writes has meaning - and truly is not just there to fill space on the page.

I have not had time to read this Summer. I thought about reading more of novel type book - but I have been trying to study the scriptures more - not just read them. And to Draw Closer To God - and figure out what that means on a deeper level to me. So along those lines, I thought this book would help me on that journey. And I have to say it is not disappointing so far.

I am now trying to figure out how to fit in reading, exercise, kids, work, laundry cooking and cleaning into each day. If anybody has suggestions let me know! ;)