Building. It is something that in my 9 years of married life I have spent quite a bit of time doing.
Right after we got married we spent a whole year planning and working our way through the building process on our home in PA. Then 4 years later we spent 3 very intense months gutting and re-building our current home. And now another 4 years later we have just finished an almost 2 month long addition project.
In all the time I have spent on the process of building homes I never once thought about building a Reading Priorities List. Until now; after I read a fabulous book about reading titled: Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books by Tony Reinke.
Up until last week I have always felt a bit overwhelmed at deciding which book to read next out of the many books I have in my “To Read” pile. However, taking the time to build a Reading Priorities List has changed that pressure and given me greater purpose in the time I spend reading. I now have a plan that allows my reading to build on what I have already read in order to build both godly habits and thinking into my life.
Therefore, when I built my list from the model that Reinke gives, I thought it was only appropriate that it have a building theme. Here is the basic outline. (You can see the whole list in this post on my book review blog.)
My Reading Priorities:
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Foundational Reading: (Scripture)
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Structural Reading: (My Identity In Christ)
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Mechanical Reading: (Spiritual Understanding)
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Interior Reading: (Personal Growth)
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Exterior Reading: (Skill Sharpening)
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Finishing Reading: (Wholesome Enjoyment)
How about YOU? What are you reading?
Stay tuned next week to look at my Reading List for 2012 using my new priorities to build it!