What I needed to read this week....
Isn't amazing how God can tell you things through the books you read? If you don't think this is true, then maybe you should read more (just kidding). Sometimes I get restless and start to despair that the things I really want out of life aren't going to happen. Then I come across passages that really calm me and give me a peace about life. I have been reading A Circle of Quiet by Madeline L'Engle - and I put it down for a couple of weeks, and when I picked it up this week, I was comforted.
Madeline L'Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time, which is one of my favorite books of all time. But it took Madeline years to find a publisher for A Wrinkle in Time. A publisher who had rejected the book made her realize that timing was everything with the book, if it had been published immediately, it might not have been as well received. When reflecting on how long it took for someone to believe in her book - this is what Madeline has to say -
"Thank you, God, for not giving in to my importunate demands."
This is my new motto. I need to remember that things happen on God's time, and not my time, so I just need to chill out.
Madeline L'Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time, which is one of my favorite books of all time. But it took Madeline years to find a publisher for A Wrinkle in Time. A publisher who had rejected the book made her realize that timing was everything with the book, if it had been published immediately, it might not have been as well received. When reflecting on how long it took for someone to believe in her book - this is what Madeline has to say -
"Thank you, God, for not giving in to my importunate demands."
This is my new motto. I need to remember that things happen on God's time, and not my time, so I just need to chill out.