Dug Down Deep: Building Your Life on Truths That Last.

It is always difficult for me to really share my thoughts on reading a non-fiction book. When I read fiction, I can share a bit about the story, plot-line and what-not as well as favorite scenes and the overall opinion of how it made me feel in the end... the whole whether or not I'd look for the author again and if indeed this book is one for the keeper shelf or trade pile. I suppose within that context, I can answer a few of those questions. This one is a keeper. I will definitely look for the author again.

The hard part about talking about reading a non-fiction book is that it's personal. It is emotional and real and not necessarily something I want to blog about and then re-post to a million different social networks and book sellers websites. Dug Down Deep is a good read, written in a clear very readable manner that I do strongly suggest for most all people to read devout Christian or questioning persona. The thing is as I read through the stories of real-life people it makes me think. It makes me remember. It is from the biggest sin I think I have committed to each and every mission trip and euphoria with the Holy Spirit that I have experienced. I remember each church I attended and the special people in both good and bad criteria that stand out in my mind. I remember things that I do not want to and I remember things that I would be lost without. It's personal, it's real and it is entirely unique to me.

A retreat that I took part in was three days long, and the end you learn about “fourth days”. It's not the fourth day, but fourth days as everyday is a continuance. Every single day going forward is about continuing your “sanctification” and learning more. It's so true and reading this book is an educational tool that helps. Your life is not just something you set up one day and live with it. It is something that changes. Like the stacking of ABC blocks. If you just go straight up, you'll fall and have to start again and again. While if you give yourself a foundation, a real “dug down deep” starting point, then when you fall it's not as difficult to begin again. And the best part is you're never alone.

Thanks to WaterBrook Multnomah for providing a copy for review through FIRST Wild Card Tours.

Originally posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2011/06/30/dug-down-deep-by-joshua-harris-preview/