Ready for another book to read????

So....I finished this book in probably 3 days total: couldn't put it down. It caught my attention on the book shelf right away, especially its correlation between suburbia (where I now work in the heart of) and comfortable Christianity. The author writes with a terrific blend of humor and intellect, perfect for my taste! I seriously found myself laughing out loud at many of his comments. He doesn't sugar coat suburban life and what that looks like in regards to our faith. This is a must read for anyone looking at taking their faith out of its pretty little package. He also has a blog : http://bucknakedfaith.blogspot.com/

I could spend all night quoting this book, but one thing really struck me as I decided to re-read and highlight it. Well i've only gotten through a few pages of mark ups, but I wanted to share this. These are his words...not mine! He is speaking about the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

"Most people thing the fruit was of the apple variety. But the handwritten note I scribbled in the margin of my Bible a long time ago says 'The fruit was DoToBe.' We have been partaking of this fruit ever since.

* You have to please others to be loved

* You have to dress like this to be accepted

* You have to talk like this to be cool

* You have to sleep with me to be cherished

* You have to act like this to have status

* You have to have good evaluations to have a voice in the company

* You have to do this to be that....

"But God invited us to eat from the Tree of Life, the BeToDo tree. God wants us to be his, because then we will naturally find ourselves doing what is right, what is good, what is honorable.

* Just be loved by God, and you will find yourself loving others

* Just be God's child, and you'll find you no longer strive for acceptance but walk in it

* Just be your God-given talents, and you will experience so much less struggle and self-criticism

* Just be, and you will begin to do all you were created for."

......By golly I think he's on to something!

My challenge for you this evening is just to remember how much our Lord loves us and desires His best for our lives.