more randomness ...

I am sitting here getting ready to work on the Bible Survey stuff and my mind is kind of blank. I looked over at my bookshelf and got a craving to grab a book and just go read for a while...like hiding and playing hooky from the work. Skimming over the titles (my book shelves are kind of random ... my daughter tries to organize and catagorize, but I am a little hopeless there) I see the Gulag books and The Cancer Ward by Solzhenitsyn. You know your mind is in "I am desperate ... hide me" mode when Solzhenitsyn tempts you. Don't get me wrong, I do like Solzhenitsyn ... I do OWN the books ... feeling tempted to read them is like being temptyed to train for a marathon. OK, there is also The Man Who is Magic by Gallico, a variety of Lewis ~ fiction and apologetics...now THAT is like getting a whiff of fresh coffee as  you walk by the kitchen, "hmmmm I'd like some of THAT". Oh, there is always Clancy. OH! I could re-read The Hobbit, you know, in preparation for the movie...is that a GOOD or a BAD idea?

NO! I will stop this foolishness NOW! OK, back to Genesis (that's where I am -- chapter 2 and chapter 3 : Creation, both stories, the fall, and the geneology...maybe even start on Noah.

"BE DISCIPLINED!"   .       .      .    " ok"

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