literature.

The next book on my reading list- Madman by Tracy Groot

This morning, after delicious cinnamon rolls and coffee, I had a conversation with Mariah and Lacy about literature.  The intellectual kind, where we talk of the depravity of man grotesquely illustrated through the stories of Frankenstein and Dracula.  About the mundane as depicted by Ernest Hemingway (rather drudgingly, as I discovered this week trying to read The Sun Also Rises and subsequently putting it down after 75 pages).

Discussions such as these engage the mind in a way that most others don't.  It causes one to relate the path of humanity to that of someone's creative genius, all in reference to God's grace and His overarching role in all aspects of our lives.

Literature is just so beautiful, so relevant to everyday life, that it will always have a place in my life.  Apparently book clubs are in my future, though decidedly not an Oprah's book club or a Christian self-help book club, but a real one in which we read real meaningful, well-written literature, not just the latest best-seller.

One ending thought - One of my meaningless, yet important to me, goals in life is to have a study or library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.  Someday :)