Exodus 20: 3-4

Any one who knows me well knows that I love to read. As in, a book a day sort of love to read. Reading is great, I absolutely have nothing against reading. What I do have something against, however, is idols and that is exactly what reading had become to me.

For the past two weeks I have only been reading my bible and I plan to continue with that for about a month, maybe more. That means, no novels for Claire. I realized that reading books weren't just something I did for entertainment, it was a huge part of my life. And everything I had been heard recently had all been saying the same thing...Isn't God all that matters? Shouldn't every part of your life reflect that? Well, for me, books were the one thing I refused to give over to God. If I had a choice between a fiction novel and the bible, I would always choose the novel. Why was I filling my head with worldly things? Shouldn't what I put in to my head be what I want in my head? What I believe in? All reading them did was make it harder for me to love God... which is not what I want at all. So my goal is to just read the bible until I get my priorities in order. Until books become something that are not as a big deal to me as they are now. I had struggled with reading my bible for ages and now I read it every night. And you know what? I enjoy it. It's really been awesome. The bible is a living breathing thing that is God speaking to us, giving us all the instructions on how to be his servant, with is all I want in this life.

"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth or in the waters below." Exodus 20: 3-4