So I was asked the other day, "What is your favorite book of all time?"
Honestly, I had no answer.
I wasn't allowed to say the Bible, that's a given, I had to come up with something else.
I just couldn't think. I felt like I had failed in the "gaining knowledge through reading" category in life. I know that I enjoy reading. I know that there a lot of great books both classic and modern that I have discovered over the years, however, my mind went blank. That has been an issue with me - blank mind-ige.
I love to read non-fiction. Does that count? I love to learn things through reading? Will that work? Magazine are great when I am sitting at a baseball practice, the beach, or waiting in the pick-up line at school. Do I get credit for those?
The greatest book I have ever read? The Bible.
That answer isn't allowed, I know, but that is my answer and I am sticking to it. I do have one more answer which probably isn't allowed either.
SPILT MILK!!!
Now that is a great book.
Honestly, I had no answer.
I wasn't allowed to say the Bible, that's a given, I had to come up with something else.
I just couldn't think. I felt like I had failed in the "gaining knowledge through reading" category in life. I know that I enjoy reading. I know that there a lot of great books both classic and modern that I have discovered over the years, however, my mind went blank. That has been an issue with me - blank mind-ige.
I love to read non-fiction. Does that count? I love to learn things through reading? Will that work? Magazine are great when I am sitting at a baseball practice, the beach, or waiting in the pick-up line at school. Do I get credit for those?
The greatest book I have ever read? The Bible.
That answer isn't allowed, I know, but that is my answer and I am sticking to it. I do have one more answer which probably isn't allowed either.
SPILT MILK!!!
Now that is a great book.
Comments
One question: When your kids sing "Miss Suzy" what does she say as a teenager?
When we were kids she said, "oooh ahhh. I lost my bra. I left it in my boyfriend's car!" Isn't that terrible?!
We got in SO much trouble for singing the "Miss Suzy" song. I hope it's been cleaned up over the years. Or maybe the kids in our neighborhood were just sleezy.
i enjoy your blog, you are very witty, i bet the book is terrific!
before kids, i was a preschool teacher. as a preschool teacher, i use to spill my milk on purpose. i wanted the kids to see a grown up make mistakes (like we all do), i wanted to give room for them to spill their milk, because inevitably they all would. i wanted to provide a safe place for them to grow. it is easier to spill your milk with kids than it is to spill your milk with the adults in your life. but i think jesus wants us to, he doesn't want us to have it together, he wants to have it togehter for us. i have been learning that the hard way.
sorry, i am giving such deep thoughts on milk spillage.
gotta love the bible! all that "pure spiritual milk." :-)
i'm really enjoying oswald chambers and c.s. lewis in this season of life. i have also really enjoyed some of the ol' saints; fenelon, lawrence, augustine. good stuff!