Kindle

I don't think I mentioned I got a Kindle for Christmas. Mum had said that there were to be no more books in the house. The book shelf's were full in the office, six crates were littered in various cupboards and generally just everywhere. So many in fact the house would have burned for days if there had been a fire.  So I got a kindle.

I didn't really want one if truth be told in the beginning. I love books, I love reading and as much as I love techy gadgets well I wasn't going to give up on books that easily. Well I thought that. So since owning a Kindle, I have read 6 books and had flu for a week, so it's save to say I love my Kindle. I can read and store as many books as I like and don't need room in the house.

So what have I been reading. Well there is a bit of a theme emerging. I started reading books by Richard Wurmbrand, who had been in prison in Romania for being a Christian during the communist era. I read three of his book and his perseverance for his faith was amazing. I also got round to reading Robert Murray M'cheyne autobiography. Well that was well worth the read but a wee bit off theme. The next book I read and the one I am going to blog more about is Duncan Bannatyne's autobiography. I read it a while ago but thought I would re read it on my Kindle. He too has been to Romania many times, in situations that are desperate. So it was one night like most people who go there he was touched so much by a situation that he just had to go and find that place where you can be by yourself and just cry.
Bannatyne says " I had no tears left to flow,and they just kept pouring out of me and wouldn't stop. After many minutes I began to get the feeling I wasn't alone. I felt that i had been consumed by this presence, that something had completely shrouded and taken hold of me. It was unmistakable: I knew who had come and I also knew why............." God says Bannatyne came that night but he knew that we would have to give up on the bad stuff in his life and the searching after wealth. He didn't want to do that and told God "No, I'm not ready". God said "OK". This reminds me of the passage in Matthew 19  about the rich young man. He too had the chance to give up all he had and follow God but choose not to. God comes to everyone and they get a choice. For some the trappings of this world are to much for them to see the bigger picture. A life everlasting, with the creator of all things. They have too much to give up or so they think.

So two contrasting stories from Romanian experiences. One risked life and family for the faith in God whom he knew was worth risking everything for. One whom this world and it's temporary riches meant so much that he couldn't get the life that God had planned for him.

So as i continue to read my Kindle and look for other books to download, I know that my reading will slow down, what with work and life and all that. It's good to know that no matter how many books I'll read they won't take up any more space and that will please mum.