I love to read! Simple as that I just love reading a good book and being able to talk about it later. I've been reading quite a lot of books lately. Most have been for my graduate courses, but some have been for leisure. Two books that are sitting here waiting to be opened are Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters, and The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Last.
But today I am giving you a super mini-book review on The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life of Love by Devon Franklin and Meagan Good, which is a great read for people who are single, dating, and married.
The book isn't solely about waiting to have matrimonial affairs. It's more about learning how to find and love yourself. The book gives vivid details of how to be more emotionally and spiritually healthy so that God can fully use you accordingly. One of the biggest things about The Wait that was an eye opener for me was seeing that emotionally shopping was a big issue for me. Shopping and spending way too much money when I should be saving for a family/friends vacation or using money that could go to a close family in need.
The book really opens your eyes to other things in this world that could be disrupting your blessings because you are choosing the flesh over the spirit.
Romans 8:5-8" Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their mind set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
While reading The Wait, I could feel the humbleness and desire that Devon and Meagan have for wanting their readers to love themselves while being free from the strongholds of this world.
The Wait is definitely not about putting your life on hold and simply waiting. That would be a really silly and sad book if it was solely about waiting, waiting, waiting, but it's not if you read the whole book for understanding. In my opinion, The Wait is about not giving apart of yourself to this world while patiently waiting for the breakthrough you have coming your way.
*Let me know below what are some of your favorite books! Stay blessed!
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