It Is No Secret...

   It is no secret that I like to read. A good book is hard to put down. Fact or Fiction, both can hold my attention for hours or for days on end.

   Maybe it is the fact that reading is a quiet activity, but a good book also informs. The author can fill me with details of events of history that give me a deeper understanding of the hows and whys of what has happened in the past.

   And an author can make me look within myself, to see how I might have handled a situation. The best fiction books for me let me see myself and cause me to ask the question, in the quiet of reading, "What do these characters, or these lives, show me about myself?"

   One of my favorite authors is Charles Martin. A local boy, he writes fiction that takes place in our part of the world. His is not just entertainment, there is real meaning in the story, meaning that causes a reader to see how they fit into the narrative.

   I just finished one of his books yesterday, one that held my thoughts for days, as I followed the main character in his fight for redemption and release from the circumstances that had held him in limbo for most of the novel.

   This book, if you might like to read a good novel, is:

(You will enjoy all of his books)

   But it is also no secret what God can do.

   This old song was on my mind as I awoke this morning. I'm not sure why, I have not heard it sung for a while, but there it was, mentally playing as I got up. A Stuart Hamblen song:

The chimes of time ring out the news,
Another day is through.
Someone slipped and fell.
Was that someone you?

You may have longed for added strength,
Your courage to renew.
Do not be disheartened,
For I have news for you.

It is no secret what God can do.
What He's done for others, He'll do for you.
With arms wide open, He'll pardon you.
It is no secret what God can do.

There is no night for in His light
You never walk alone.
Always feel at home,
Wherever you may go.

There is no power can conquer you
While God is on your side.
Take Him at His promise,
Don't run away and hide.

It is no secret what God can do.
What He's done for others, He'll do for you.
With arms wide open, He'll pardon you.
It is no secret what God can do.

   Secrets are sometimes things that are not to see the light of day, but not these.

   I can heartedly recommend Charles Martin's books. You will get a good story with some insights into your life as well.

   And I can say also that there is real meaning in the old song.

   Some secrets are better off shouted to the world.