read a good book lately

[imyerbrother]

man have i been into reading lately. i guess that goes with really starting to hate tv agian. yesterday i finished a tale of two cities (way to go carton, i had forgot the ending, but thought it beautiful) and read the magicians nephew in it's entirety (definately my favorite chronicle). today i read the lion the witch and the wardrobe on inspiration from magicians nephew. oh and a bit of jonathan edwards. thats right folks, jonathan edwards of great revival fame and preacher of "sinners in the hands of an angry God." while i am not an advocate of scare tactic evangelism i did find selections from his treatise on religious affections good for devotional and spiritual motivational purposes. in fact motivation was the point. people only move (spiritually and otherwise) when they are driven to, be it by love, or hope, or holy fear. i was certainly not surprised to find zeal on his list of affections, but religious sorrow, being moved to action out of a deep sadness over pain and suffering touched me. it kind of reminds me of the greater reason for doing this whole missionary thing. another affection he mentioned i believe he called holy hate, but i may be mistaken, kind of hit home. i sometimes forget that we are alowed to hate sin and evil. i definately don't love it, but sometimes i get caught up in trying to understand people so much that i justify the sin in their (might i say, "our") lives. i HATE sin. that should have some bearing not only on the fact that i do act against it, but also HOW i act against it. with hate. i am still uncomfortable with this. i don't feel like i am alowed to act with hate towards anything. but now i remember that i should act with hate towards evil. wierd. (this is part of a book i have been encouraged to read by my missonary pastors... thats right we get our own pastors, called "devotional classics" by richard foster of celebration of the disciplines fame. it is very good.)
well, i am sleepy.
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