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Hmm. I'm a person who likes to do things chronologically. Surprising, right? But if I wanted to do my book notes on here chronologically.. I'd have to start with Crazy Love, and I don't have it here with me.. so I guess it's not gonna go according to my plan.. and I'll write about the second book instead. :)

Searching For God Knows What by Donald Miller

This was the first book of his that I have read. I heard great things about him as an author and I was very excited to get started. Story though - I bought this book about a year ago actually, almost exactly a year ago, when I was dating someone who was not a Christian, and I thought it might help me get ideas of conversation starters with him, to help him understand Christianity (read: to change him). Needless to say, it didn't work. I didn't get around to reading the book (surprise?) and we talked about Christianity.. but not so much in the way of him being interested, as us discussing if it was a deal-breaker. Quite the difference there. So at the time I bought this book, Would You Believe? by Tom Harpur, and When I Don't Desire God by John Piper. I started reading Would You Believe and found it very interesting, but more about my path than his. I still haven't finished it. Those were the days I was not a book-finisher. Lately I've been reading books that I can't wait to continue reading, and enjoy finishing. But anyway, so I had these books, for a reason I didn't really follow-through on, and don't think I was meant to. Lesson learned, dating a Christian is a must. Deal-breaker for sure.

So after reading Crazy Love, I looked through my bookshelf (recently rearranged, to have faith-related books together, which makes me feel good, and excited about the books I have, and also thrilled to buy more.) Did I mention my Amazon cart has hmm 15 books in it?

Searching For God Knows What stood out and I picked it for my next read.

Mind you, I have always been anti-dog-ear, anti-writing, even anti-highlighting (in non-textbook books).. well. This book has writing, highlighting, and dog-ears galore. Let go, Tamara. Do what feels right.

I tend to forget what I read, but I'm finding that isn't the case with theology-related books. I'm soaking it all in like a sponge. But underlining, writing in the margins, and dog-earring is helping me be able to go back and find the exact quote that I want.

So without further ado..