2007년 11월 28일 수요일

Ordering your private wolrd


'Ordering your private world' is written by Gordon Macdonald, the famous Christian book writer in the US. This book has been translated into Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and many other languages in the world. I have yet to take a look at Korean version, because common sense told me to read English version, the original.

Well, the book starts with a personal encounter of an experience of 'hitting the wall', an incidence that he suddenly broke down helplessly without any reason. Only then he realised that he needs to take care of his interior, the private world. He makes his points with a mix of amusing stories or personal anecdotes. Every single pages was precious to me. The more I read the book, the more I realised that I was going off the track in terms of managing time and governing my soul, or interaction with God.

The most challenging part was the section about time. He explains how time flows if we do not have control over it, and that was exactly my case. He then moves onto the ways to grab it back, and bring it under control. Frankly speaking, I've begun to forget some of the materials in the book but the book is always on my book shelf so that at anytime I can strech my arm to get it.

This book definitely isn't an one-time-read book, but is rather a life-time guidebook how to live a fruitful life, especially to Christians. I strongly, absolutely recommend this book to others; they should read this book before they leave this wolrd (you know what I mean).

댓글 1개:

James Knaack :

Good book review; thanks for sharing a novel with strong personal relevance for you.

James