More About Reading Addiction

When I wrote about my reading addiction yesterday, I was reminded of the times my husband has said he wishes he enjoyed reading as much as I do. He does read occasionally. The kids get him a book sometimes for Christmas and he will read it, although not in one setting like I do sometimes with my books. He enjoys "Field and Stream" and some other magazines like that but his passion is researching genealogy. He can sit for hours in front of his computer researching and posting information on Family Tree Maker. He has a memory that is phenomenal. He can remember people he knew seventy years ago; who they married; where they lived and who their children are. He has researched our family trees back to the 1500's, generation after generation with not a blank in between.

Yes, God created us all with different looks, abilities, personalities, and desires.

I am reminded of the story I heard some time back. It seems two gentlemen were sitting on a bench, whittling and passing the time telling stories. One gentleman looked over at the other and said,

"You know, it's jest a real good thang that we don't all have the same tastes 'cause iffin' we did, everyone 'id want my wife." To which the other replied,

"Yep, 'shore 'tis cause iffin' they all had my taste, there wouldn't be nobody 'id want her."

The one thing that God did give all of us alike is soul......a spirit. All of us will pass from this life someday..........our bodies will decay but our soul/spirit will live on somewhere. It's up to each of us to determine where our soul/spirit will live for eternity.

"Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over.
Life as we know it, precious and beautiful, ends.
The body is put back in the same ground it came from.
The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it. Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 (MSG)