I”m surrounded by prolific readers who make helpful recommendations. So when I heard several recommendations for Tony Reinke’s book and then was given it, I looked forward to reading it.
But I wasn’t expecting a book about books to knock me flat on my face to worship!
I can now see the magnificence of our Savior. He is fully God and fully man. He is the Lion and the Lamb – the Sovereign and the Sufferer. He is the Prophet, Priest and King – speaking, dying, and reigning. He is Light to the blind, Health to the sinfully sick, Strength to the spiritually weak, Food for the spiritually famished, Joy for the sorrowful heart, Comfort for the despised, Deliverance for lost souls, Drink for the thirsty soul, and Triumph for the abused. He is my Savior, my Shepherd, my Friend, my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End.
Tony Reinke, Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books, p. 35.
I would have to agree with you. Who would expect to read such an eye opening call to our hearts to worship the King of kings with such robust in a book called “Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books”?
Thanks for sharing this gem with us. I see my need for Him in each of the broken places, “blind”, “sinfully sick”, “spiritually weak”, spiritually famished”, “sorrowful heart”, “despised”, “lost soul”, “thirsty soul”, and “abused”. I see His way of reignining in my life in each of those places as well, being my “Light”, my “Health”, my “Strength”, my “Food”, my “Joy”, my “Comfort”, my “Deliverance”, my “Drink”, and my “Triumph”. I can see that He is reigning in the hearts of others like this, including you, so that it is also good to change all those “my” prononuns to “our” because He is the Lord of many!
Be blessed today:)
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