In a Pit..., Pt. 2

A few weeks ago I mentioned a book I'd started reading. Well, after temporarily getting sidetracked, I finally buckled down and finished it. Boy, do I feel motivated and inspired!  

I said it before but will do so again:  I highly recommend reading In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, by Mark Batterson. It's helped recharge me while sharpening my focus and sense of purpose. Several thoughts jumped off the page for me, and I underlined something on nearly every page; here are a few highlights:

• God breaks us where we need to be broken... and once we heal, we end up stronger than we were to begin with.
• God is in the business of recycling our pain and using it for someone else's gain.
• Trials have a way of helping us rediscover our purpose in life.
• Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God.
• Many of our prayers are misguided. We pray for comfort instead of character. We pray for an easy way out instead of the strength to make it through.
• Sometimes an unanswered prayer is God, in His sovereign wisdom, sparing us the pain of unintended consequences.
• Think of every opportunity as a gift from God. What you do with that opportunity is your gift to God.

Here's a link to the book on Amazon so you can get your own copy:

http://www.amazon.com/Pit-Lion-Snowy-Day-Opportunity/dp/1590527151/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270992856&sr=8-1