Oct. 2, 2008 - Books We're Reading
We've been reading aloud each night from the book, Created for Work by Bob Schultz and it is wonderful! Although it was written primarily with young men in mind, it is full of valuable lessons for Mom and Dad, and even daughters. Last night's reading was about "The Plumbline". The author talks about how this simple tool is so valuable to builders and that as Christians, we too have "a plumb line that determines whether our affairs are upright before God." This tool, of course, is the Bible. I highly recommend this book as a read aloud in your home, especially if you have young men.
My husband and I are in Week 5 of a 10-week financial Bible study. We are participating in a Crown Financial life group at our church. If you've never heard of this, I would encourage you to visit the Crown Financial Ministries website at www.crown.org to learn more. This study uses the book, Your Money Counts by Howard Dayton. The book itself can stand alone, however, the workbook and the small group study make it even better. We have daily homework and meet with our group weekly. Each week a different topic is studied: debt, counsel, giving, work, etc. We are also working on a spending plan, debt elimination plan, etc. using forms that are provided. Having the weekly assignments helps to keep the tasks from being completely overwhelming. Did you know that there are more than 2,350 verses in the Bible related to money and possessions? I haven't counted them, and don't plan to, so I'm going to take Howard Dayton's word for it! How we handle the resources God gives us must be pretty important if He has so much to say about it, and we are learning that HIS way is NOT society's way.
Last night I checked out a book by Tracie Peterson from our church's library. It is a contemporary fiction novel titled, Where My Heart Belongs. I got started on it last night and it's already good!
Well, it looks like I have a lot of reading to do tonight so I better get off this computer now and get some work done!
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Oct. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Kara
I think your blog looks great!!! Love ya, Mom!! :)
