Story.

Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow.
Today I went and got my Library card. Immediately following, I went back into the Library because I wanted to get a couple of books to read. I started off in the Adult Fiction section. All of a sudden, my legs were taking me some place else. I was walking past the Non- fiction section, past the animals, plants, political studies... And then there was religion. And of course, I couldn't help myself. I went down the aisle... Then, my eyes passed over a book, and I stopped. I picked it up, and right away I knew it was a book that I was meant to read. That I needed to read. So, hardly even glancing at the back to see what it was about, I took it, as well as two other books, and got them. I started the book. It's called "Story" and it's by a man named Steven James. And now, I am done it. I read it from start to finish in one sitting. Two hundred pages, three hours. It was unbelievable. It just spoke to me in such a way that I couldn't put it down. I physically could not. I was so interested that I had to keep reading. I love when books do that, I love it with such a passion. But the way this guy told his story, and intertwined it with all of our stories, jesus' story. Just... Wow. I can hardly wrap my head around it. In some parts, it was like he was talking about the story of my life. I could relate to so many parts of it. And within the story, he used humor and a modernized way of explaining the more complicated aspects of living a vegabond life, and of Christianity and the stories from the bible in general. Like, it was just fricking fantastic. I am going to find this book and buy it, so I can read it whenever I want. It is just filled with so much personal insight and wonderment. AH. So good. He also incorporates personal poems of his that are just so raw. They literally caught my breath. And holy... It was just wonderful. He went through the beginning of the world, and then through the birth of Jesus, and the death and rising of him. OH my goodness. I can't even describe it. And it helps. He relates his own troubles of being tempted and not wanting to give up his life for one like a vegabond. He is honest and explains so well. But in the end, it all comes down to making the choice. Just WOW.

"God's silence offers us the choice- faith or sight. We can either abandon our faith or learn to trust in the dark. God leaves that choice up to us. And all the while he's more interested in our faith in him that our ability to dechipher his silences."

"When you listen to a song, you only hear the harmony because of the emptiness between the notes. If the song is too full of notes, it becomes nothing but noise. It's like each note is a pearl upon a necklace and the silences are what strings them all together.

Maybe God knows that without his silences in our lives, we will never hear the melody of faith."