Friday, December 19, 2008

A Perfect Reminder, At a Perfect Time

Ever since Glenn Beck's book The Christmas Sweater came out (and then had to be re-printed because it was sold out every where) I have wanted to read it. I finally found a copy yesterday at Sam's Club and my mom bought it for me! I read it tonight and it is such a great book! It truly is the best gift, and it is something I will treasure! I've had a few books make an impact on my life but this one is definitely at the top. I'm not going to go into detail about the book, but if you do read it make sure you read every page, a lot of the time I never read the acknowledgement page or about the author but I did this time and I'm really glad I did, his acknowledgement page really made a deep impact, I think I really needed to be reminded of the amazing gift Christ gave to me and like Glenn says, I don't want to stand at his feet and look in His eyes and have Him say "is this the gift I gave you", that won't make much sense to you unless you've read the whole book. My number one fear in life is disappointing my parents, this book has changed that fear to second in line, my number one fear is seeing the look of disappointment on the Savior's face. I'm so glad I read this book and I will always cherish it. It is such a great reminder of what I should be doing in life and that the hard times is just a storm I'm passing through and I know that the Lord will always help when I ask.

3 comments:

Jerry and Ella

My dear Ashley, How I love you! You will never disappiont us as parents so stop worring. You have lived your life in such a pattern that you will not ever be capable of disappointment to us. Your life is exseptional and we couldn't be more proud of you and the choices your making right now. You have choosen one of the finest young men to marry and we love him so much and are so very proud of him to.
You are right about the Savior though. I thank Father in Heaven and my Savior every night for his love and sacrifice for. I also apolize for putting him through that sacrifice for me.
I want you to know how I love the Savior, I love the gospal so much. I to worry of the disappiontment in my Saviors eyes. But I do know I strive each day to be better. I know I fall short in many areas.
I love you Ashley and all of our kids, I am very proud of all of them at this time. Your Awesome!!

The Garber Family

I can't wait to read it! I still think I can read it faster than Ty. Maybe I could secretly borrow it...

Alisa

Sounds wonderful and that new picture of the two of you on the main page. ADORABLE!!!!