I both love and hate this picture at the same time…..
I love it because it’s my library of books from Australia that were sent to the States in 2016
I hate it because I’ve spent so little time with them since then.
That doesn’t mean I don’t love books, I really do! But the reading of real books that can challenge my thinking has been replaced by endless scrolling and entertainment 😦
The truly sad thing is books used to be a bigger part of my life!
In Australia I’d make time for books reading them often in a local Gloria Jeans coffee shop learning how to serve the Lord better. But over time I began doing more, and reading less.
There’s nothing wrong with being busy of course, but when busyness takes over our deep thinking that a good book brings, we have a problem.
Thankfully there is an simple (but not easy) solution to this problem……
Use free-time for reading not entertainment!
By God’s Grace I’ve begun recently to re-establish the habit of spending moments on physical books (I don’t mind kindle books, but already look at screens too much) instead of a glowing square. It’s not easy (yet) but over time will get better.
Its a hard road but I know every time I reach for a book instead of my phone my brain gets stronger.
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