Well, all the people in my "circle" have raved about this book. I bought it, read into the second chapter and still hated it. It wasn't the devastation in Chapter 1 that turned me away, but the Author's reaction to it. Death has always been an issue for me, to the point of insensitivity. Although I'm able to mind my manners enough for other people, in my head I can't wrap my brain around it. I don't see the big deal in it, especially for Christians. There's a block somewhere, I know. I try to understand it but its just bunch of endless questions that seem to revolve round and round every time death comes into our life.
Well, a friend said she wanted to read through this book as a book study back in mid-February. I told her I had the book, and I really didn't like it but that I'd play the antagonist. Ironic, a grumpy negative attitude about learning Joy. Joy.....huh?
We started reading the book February 20th. This blog is the record of my Gifts. I started this blog and pre-dated the first few gifts that came to me. I really didn't plan on doing the whole "thousand gifts thing"...it just came about. I love jotting things down in spiral notebooks...but truth be told, I save them for years and then one day just throw them out. So I figured I could keep track of them better electronically. We'll see how it goes. Typing this out on 3/23/12....but predating it so it will show up as the first post on the blog.
