Update

Hello, sorry for neglecting you all. Just thought I would update you on what I have been reading recently. Feel free to leave a comment or post on your summer reading!

Hardly surprising since girltalk is all I talk about but I have joined the girltalk book club. YAY! I know Barbara has too so can I encourage you to join us?? And it isn't necessarily females only! This friday will be week 4 of 'Doing things right in matters of the heart' by John Ensor. So quick...hop over to amazon and order your copy now. Some bits are really good, he includes quite a lot of quotes from english literature and songs etc which sometimes go over my head but on the whole, I think it is worth the read. Primarily aimed at single people too but I encourage married people to read also...

CJ Mahaney says “Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart defines and describes biblical masculinity and femininity for single adults. I would also encourage those who are married to read it. John Ensor is a creative and theologically astute writer. I have thanked him for writing this book and you will too.”

Here are a few quotes I have highlighted...

If we do not seek our happiness in God and make him our perfect and everlasting happiness, then every good thing becomes a substitute for God; it becomes an idol.

The idealism and romanticism found in so many paperback romances and films reflect our search to find our eternal happiness in a human relationship.

Idyllic love is idolatry because it places on man what only God can provide. No man can fulfill the deepest longings of the human heart because these longings belong to God alone and cannot be filled by another.