New friends...

I am such a technophobe about Xanga (as evidenced by my lack of regular posting), but I thought it was time to add something new because I've actually made a connection through Xanga with someone that didn't result from direct intervention by one of my kids!

Just finished reading "So You Want To Be Like Christ? Eight Essentials To Get You There" by Charles Swindoll. I think the title makes it sound like some self-help "how to be perfect in eight easy steps" kind of book, but it was a great book and one I will reread many times, I think. The eight essentials are intimacy, simplicity, silence & solitude, surrender, prayer, humility, self-control, and sacrifice, and the central theme is Phil 3:10:

[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him - that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding [the wonders of His Person] more strongly and more clearly, and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers]; and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death. (The Amplified Bible, Expended Edition)

So, Mr. Swindoll apparently has a window into my mind/heart and knew I needed a little (?) coaching on getting back to the basics. Scary when books seem to be written directly to you, isn't it? Now I'm starting Phillip Yancey's book on prayer (hope I didn't butcher the spelling of his name).

In typing this, I'm finally realizing my fingernails are TOO long. When you hit three keys instead of one, it's time for a clip and file.

Have an awesome day!

(Transferred from Xanga)