don't stop believin'

Don't stop believing. Life just doesn't go as well if you do. Life, things, outside influences, creep up and take hold of you if you do stop believing. When trials come, and they do come, then who do you turn to if you don't believe. If you stop believing what influence do you turn to? Hannah couldn't make sense of her shattered world. She wanted to hold on to those she loved and lost, but the only way she knew how to do that was to cause hurt the way she hurt. Advocacy for new laws on drunk driving became her life (it will be ok Brenda), and forgiveness became a key focus in this book. One that Hannah was unwilling to take part of. In doing so, she too caused hurt to her daughter, herself, and those around her. She created a brick wall to be her comfort and forsake believing and peace altogether-because believing in the first place caused all this right? Right. I believe there's a cement talk I could reference here...So, back to the key issue of forgiveness and trials and believing. When she finally let herself believe again, Hannah was able to let go of the hurt and freely forgive the guy who had wronged her family so badly. She gained the inner peace she was looking for and opened her heart once again. I believe I like this.

Are you a believer?

Resolutions

Should I start by making some resolutions?

1. I will take back all library books on time

2. I will read all book club books this year

3. I will post comments from book club on time

Ok, maybe i should stop there...I already broke one of them. Care to guess which it is?

I have to back track just a little bit. We met in December, but I never posted that. It was amazing. That is such a special moment shared. I loved the Angel story Marie brought and Leslie's story about a man with a change of attitude, Laura's story about a boy who helped his father and mine about a town who helped a mother. I hope you ladies know how wonderful gifts you are.

A few reminders:

January~ we are meeting January 12th at 8pm my house. The book is Waiting for Morning by Karen Kingsbury.

February~ we are reading Healer by Carol Wiley Cassella. No date set yet, but likely on the 9th.

Until then my friends~Happy Reading!