The Ragamuffin Gospel

I bought this book a while back and I'm just now picking it up.  I shouldn't be reading it just yet because there are 2 others that I need to finish...but I felt it calling my name tonight.  So, I gave in and picked it up.  It's not very often that I allow myself "me time".  Tonight seemed to be the perfect night for it.  So...here I am.  I think this book is going to be pretty amazing.  I've read the foreword, testimony. and a word from the author so far and I'm already tearing up and have chills.  I just wanted to share what Brennan Manning had to say before I get started reading.

"The Ragamuffin Gospel was written for the bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out.  It is for the sorely burdened who are still shifting the heavy suitcase from one hand to the other.  It is for the wobbly and weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together and are too proud to accept the handout of grace.  It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.  It is for poor, weak, sinful men and women with hereditary faults and limited talents.  It is for earthen vessels who shuffle along on feet of clay.  It is for the bent and bruised who feel that their lives are a grave disappointment to God.  It is for smart people who know they are stupid and honest disciples who admit they are scalawags.  The Ragamuffin Gospel is a book I wrote for myself and anyone who has grown weary and discouraged along the Way."

He was basically saying, "Jamie, this book is for you.  Read it.  Soak it in.  Let it allow God to work and move in your life.  Allow Him to change you and make you more like Him."

I'm gonna read some more now.  I'll keep you updated on what I think.  :o)

Until next time...

James