Why I read

 The opening scene of Chapter 1 begins with Keziah, the main character of the novel,  at a society ball dancing with a young man.  But she is distracted by  a secret. If anyone at the ball found out, her family would be a scarlet lettered forever.  Meanwhile, she tries to act as if everything is fine. She is dancing around the ball room when she suddenly passes out. Someone yells to the crowd "Is there a doctor here'? A young man named Micah appears. Her childhood friend. Someone lies her on a sofa. Micah asses her. She opens up to Micah how she feels  and tells him she is more worried about her mothers reaction than how she feels. She says her epilepsy has caused her family embarrassment. Especially  her mother who is more worried about her image and how her friends see her and the town  than her daughter's health.  Later, Micah asks Keizah if she wants to attend an Underground slave meeting. She accepts. While at the meeting a former ...

I enjoyed this book.   Mr.  Trevin Wax discusses in the  first chapter how young millennial generation born between 1981-1996.  are attached to their cell phones. They post on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. The more likes, comments, and views seems to be the focus of their self-worth.  They place all of their time, energy, on what others  think of them, and not on just being young.  He points out that technology is not a bad thing if it is not used in excess, but rather a tool. For example, posting family pictures, encouraging posts, and positive examples of Biblical views.   He concludes the book by saying America should get back to the good old days. The gospel centered days. Disclaimer- I received a complimentary copy of this book from the bandh.com blogger program which requires an honest though not necessarily positive review. The opinions I have expressed are mine. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC, C...

This devotional is a really good one. There are six sections divided into 52 lessons.  The  section that spoke to me is Section 4, Lessons 24 and 25.  Lesson 24 Mr. Bishop says "Fear" of the unknown often surpasses the reality of what we will encounter."  "Our minds play tricks on us, creating what seems like insurmountable barriers between us and our destination."   "Until we decide to move forward fear cannot be unmasked."  People who have fears often let the fears run their lives. For example, if a person has a fear of storms, the dark, dogs, cats, they often stop their lives when the fear is happening. Everything is about the fear.  The fear is the center of their life and that is the sad part of fear.  Until the fear is conquered the person who has the fear is stuck and cannot live a normal life.fear steals our soul. Page 113-114.  Lesson 25 "Worrying" "If you think too much about what might go wrong you'll never get anywh...