Reading Material

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Anyone have time to kill and need some new reading material? I've got you covered with these articles and blog posts. ;)

Parenting:


Encouragement: Sometimes I happen across Scripture or blog posts I know without any doubt that God directed me to. Isn't it amazing that the God who created the world cares enough about me and my insecurities and fears to encourage me?


Don’t worry about anything;
instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Then you will experience God’s peace,
which exceeds anything we can understand.
His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7

And because it's not all worry and insecurity and fear around here, I've also read a couple of fiction books in the last month or so. All young adult because I clearly have the maturity of a teenager.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (notice this is NOT that other shades of gray book!)
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Legend by Marie Lu (this was a re-read in preparation for the second book in the series)

 

Comments

Michelle and Family said…
I highly recommend the Divergent trilogy books, by Veronica Roth. I just read the first two and can't wait for the third one to come out. Hope you have a great day! Michelle
10:35 AM
Christine @ 12,450miles said…
Did you like the Uglies?! Would I like it!?
9:09 PM
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