“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
C.S. Lewis
Many exciting books came out during the first semester of 2016 and I have decided to share a few favorites of mine since it’s vacation time!
Heart Overflowing with Gratitude
“Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another ‘What! You too? I thought that no one but myself’ . . .”
C.S. Lewis
Thinking through everything that happened this past semester, if there is something I am completely grateful for are the friendships God has blessed me with.
Many times in life I have this feeling that nobody will understand what I am going through. Consequently I end up keeping things to myself and suffering alone. I sometimes also devalue what I am feeling and leave hurts unsolved and unhealed. Until I (accidentally or just by taking what I think is a crazy step) decide to open up.
I feel raw, exposed, vulnerable…. and understood.
And for me this is truly a miracle.
Plans and Dreams
Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts. –Elizabeth Elliot
Sometimes in life we might find ourselves without a plan. Without knowing what is the next step to take. Which choices to make. And this can be scary.
Scary because we like plans. We like having an idea what might be ahead. Where our path will lead us: that job, that class, that place, a new community.
But what about when we have to step into the complete unknown? When things do not go as we planned? When there is just something nagging you to make that crazy and bold step that will turn your life into a complete different direction.
The Start
Happy New Year!
May 2016 come with many pleasant surprises. May God give us peace and wisdom, specially during those difficult moments.
This year was marked by amazing books that have won a special place in my heart. Here is a retrospective of a few of these books:
Dear Mr Knightley – Katherine Reay: I can definitely say 2015 was a year in which I learned to enjoy contemporary books. And one of those books is “Dear Mr Knightley” by Katherine Reay. It was the first book I read by this author and I knew it would not be my last. Samantha Moore loves books and uses them to get through her insecurities. But when a mysterious benefactor offers a scholarship for her graduate studies – with a catch, she has to write to him frequently telling about her progress – changes start happening in her heart that will help her discover herself and live out of the fiction world. This was a lovely and believable story that I simply had to re-read once I had finished it.
My full review.
Mia Reads 