I thought I would take a break from the learning books and enjoy a good fiction novel. I picked the book “Songbird” from Lisa Samson because, well, it was on sale, lol. I hadn’t heard of the book before so I started out with no expectations and I was blown away!
The book is a heart-touching tale of a young girl abandoned by her mother at the age of 11. She grows and faces seemingly od odds, and leans on her face through-out it all. The down-to-earth face she shows is motivating and challenged me to really think about how I view my own trials.
One particular part of the book really stuck with me:
“I just wanted to sing and sing and sing and sing about Jesus. Because He was all I had really, right then in my life. All I Had. I tell you this. He’s really all anybody has, and I count it a blessing I learned that so young. Because then everything else, all the people, places, things – the nouns of this world, and even the adjectives that describe them: big, nice, yummy, loving, breezy and all – are just filling in the pie!”
How true is that? God is the crust. He is what holds us all together. Without God – it’s like filling without a crust. It tastes good at first but in the end it’s just messy and makes your stomach hurt, lol.
You can pick up your own copy of Songbird in the Moms In A Blog Book Store.
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