Building

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:

1. Foundational Reading: (Scripture)

2. Structural Reading: (My Identity In Christ)

3. Mechanical Reading: (Spiritual Understanding)

4. Interior Reading: (Personal Growth)

5. Exterior Reading: (Skill Sharpening)

6. 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!