Many years ago God gave me the discipline to read His Word, and that is the first book I pick up when I get up of the morning, with a couple of notebooks with it.  I will not bore anyone with that.

A year ago this past Christmas I received as gifts 2 novels.  One was by John Grisham titled THE BROKER.  It sat on my bookshelf for over a year.  The other book I received was one by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins title THE REGIME.  On Christmas day of 2006 I received another novel by Frank E. Perreti titled THE HOUSE.

After January first of this year (2007) I picked up THE HOUSE and began reading it.  I finished it the first week I started – I am not a speedy reader, but rather slow.  When I finished with it I began reading THE BROKER, and after a couple of weeks of reading finished it.  Understand when I read I do not go straight through.  I have other things to do.  I have not yet read THE REGIME because it is the second book in a series, and I do not like getting in the middle of a story.  Now, I will need to find the other two, or so.

I am currently reading, and about to finish a book by John Piper titled, THE PLEASURES OF GOD, and man, am I enjoying it.  It is amazing how big, wonderful and full of grace God is, and John Piper does a marvelous work in bringing out much of it.  Who knows where it would all end.  I have also read, DON’T WASTE YOUR LIFE by Piper, and it was really an encouraging book.  When I am finished with THE PLEASURES OF GOD I am going to begin in Piper’s book called FUTURE GRACE.

I enjoy reading a good novel from time to time.  They kind of break the routine, and get me out of a rut, which I can get into so easily at times.  All the books I mentioned are good reading.  I would not recommend any of John Grisham’s books for children, though.