Yes, another book. The twelfth book I’ve written. And this one is a book about books.
It’s about books I’ve read. Though, of course, not all of them. Some of my favorite books. Though, of course, not all of my favorites.
Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You is about books which handed so much to my life that they are now the books I want to hand down to others. That’s what I’m hoping to do. Through my hands typing sentences and stories, I’m hoping to hand encouragement down to readers.
Think about books you’ve read. Through the years. Through the seasons. Through the decades. What books come to your mind as you remember how words on pages have impacted your life?
Why that book? What the other one? What lessons did you learn? Why was the timing just what you needed? How can you continue applying those lessons you learned? If you wrote a note to the authors of those books, what would you write?
That’s all for now.
I will write more soon. More words. More words about books. And more words about the things we’ve handed down.
Exciting!
This post speaks on the books that have impacted our lives, inviting us to think about the timing, lessons learned, and how books continue to influence our actions. It highlights the personal and enduring power of literature. And so often these very things listed in the is what we use and take away from books to put in practice in our daily lives. I sometimes find that the lessons I have learnt or the habits that I have picked up have come from books I have passed on. just like people have an influence in us, books do as well.
I love books, I love reading, always have. Through the years and stories I’ve read, one of my test of how much I really enjoyed a story was if I would recommend it to others. But, it wasn’t just about enjoy it was everything the text made you feel and what stayed with you even once the pages ended and the cover was closed. The stuff that we read can have just as much of an impact on us as personal experiences. So, for you to produce a book about books is something extremely special. It is proclaiming these books have caused a difference in me and I think they could do to same to you if given the chance.
I have never really liked books, I can read rather well but didn’t like reading. I have learned to love it as I have switched my major to Christian ministries. I love every book I read now, they offer me so much more spirituality and challenge me so much more than the what I have read before. I learn so much that actually intrigues me. I love your book that we are reading now “Pause with Jesus” this book makes me think about the time I have and how I spend it. Thank you!
My reading happens in waves. I go through phases of reading in different genres. Different types of books have taught me different things about myself throughout the course of my life. The first book series I ever fell in love with was Harry Potter. I was obsessed with the complexities of the characters and the story. I was wrapped up in the world of it and the meaning behind so many of the character’s choices. I loved analyzing those books. It was the first time I cried over book characters and really felt deeply connected with a book. That led to my interest in fantasy and fiction. I became interested in dystopian books and loved the social commentary that was creatively worked into them. As I have been in college I have been interested in books about the lives of real people and books about faith. But honestly, I love almost all genres of books. English and literature classes have always been some of my favorite classes because I think books teach us so much about the lives and stories of other people. They help us empathize and see people as more complex beings.
I am looking forward to reading the knowledge you have picked on your own personal readings. Maybe I have read what you have but didn’t get the same interpretation as you. I enjoy seeing how others see and learning what they have learned in their life. Maybe I will write about what you have learned and how I learned from that.
I enjoy reading but also have always struggled reading books that I didn’t have much of an interest in. I enjoy fantasy and fictional books that are fun and have a story not specifically that I could relate to but ones that I could/would watch as a movie. I enjoy books that my imagination can be used for. During my 10th grade year of high school, my English lit class spent the year reading many books that I fell in love with such as “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan and “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. These helped me enjoy ready more and more.
I have a deep love for books about anything related to God and the Bible. I have always enjoyed reading, but I think the Lord has changed my desires to fit this new genre(s) of literature. I learn about God in them. I encounter the Creator of the universe in their pages. In following the sentences and paragraphs, I grow in my need to share with others about the One that they are imaged after.
One book that I have particularly enjoyed has been John Piper’s “Don’t Waste Your Life.” It has caused me to examine how I live in the sense of the divine opportunities afforded to me and the sometimes lackluster responses I give to those opportunities. If I am truly living for Jesus and following His way, I will NOT be wasting my life!
I love that you have such a burden to pass on the knowledge and wisdom you have gained throughout your years of reading to others. I have always enjoyed reading and find solace in knowing that human experience is not one we have to trek alone but is one we get to journey alongside a community of others. I feel like the communities which are brought about through different genres of books demonstrate this perfectly. From Harry Potter to Francis Chan people share in a common story and find togetherness in it’s midst. I think this is one of the biggest lessons I have learned throughout my favorite books. I am excited to see how your book creates its own unique community.
I love books. The concept that you have written a book on books piques my interest. I have always loved to read, and there have been so many books that have impacted the way that I think and live. One book in particular changed the way that I love people. It is ever Everybody Always by Bob Goff. Throughout that book, he talks about loving people who are hard to love, and those we feel should not get the love they deserve. But the biggest perspective that impacted me from that book was the story of the witch Doctor Who had mutilated a man, and not only did the man get justice, but the witch doctor was able to receive Christ. That story will always stay with me as I remember the reason Jesus died on the cross and the reason he loves me even when I do not deserve it.