My Guilty Pleasure...

I spent part of my weekend in my basement...reading

children's books.

Yes, I am awesome.

Seriously though, I have a utter

love for books. I've been

reading since I was little when I would climb in laundry basket and just look. Once I was

taught, I began to devour

books.

I could sit and read for hours,

inside or out. my favorite spot

is on any kind of porch swing. As we don't have one I settle

for under a tree. I then get lost in a world of forests, noble warriors,

intriguing villains,and wonderful heroes.

One of my favorite story would have to be one of a orphan, whose

marriage was arranged to a foreign, God-fearing man. She and another woman married two brothers and then began to assist their widowed

mother-in-law. Both girls grew to know and love her mother-in-law and to

call her "Mother". Their lives when peacefully for 10 years, with the two girls learning more about the faith of their husbands, and their mother.

Then in a tragic accident, both of the girls were widowed. Their mother was heartbroken. During their period of grieving, the mother decided to

return to her homeland. after some travel, the other girl decided that she

should return to her home. the orphaned girl begged to go with her

mother. After returning with her mother, the girl discovered that she was

not exactly welcomed by her mothers neighbors. They were two

women alone, and with no income. The young woman decided she

would look for work and found some working in a farmers field. Her

employer meets her and falls head over heels in love with the girl, but

kept his peace, and gave her privileges that most women in his field

didn't get, and protected and watched over her.

You probably know this story by now. The most romantic story ever

written. And it's in the Bible. (imagine that!) For those of you who don't, look it up, it's in a book called Ruth. Come to think of it, even if you do know the story look it up and read it like a love story. it's rather

fascinating. One of the most beautiful passages in the book is when

Ruth is talking to her mother in law Naomi.

1:16-17~ But Ruth said "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn away

from you. Where you go I will go, where you stay, I will stay. Your

people will be my people, and Your God, my God. Where you die, I will die and there I shall be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so

severely, if anything but death separates you and me."

Katydid out.