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Personal Narrative-It's Time To Read

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Have you ever had to do something that you absolutely hate, but have to do it anyway? That is how I feel about reading. It is not that I hate to read, I just have a hard time finding time to read. As well as, I have a hard time finding a book that grabs and keeps my attention. I love the idea of curling up with a good book, but it reality I just cannot seem to make it happen. To me, reading requires time, effort, and discipline. Finding the time to read has been a real struggle for me for quite some time now. I am a single mom of three small children. They are 6,7, and 8 years old and consume every ounce of my time. Even though it is hard for personally to find time to read, I do make the time to read my children a bedtime Bible story every …show more content…

He told me it would help me to overcome some of the hardships I was facing so I picked up a copy and began to read it. I figured things couldn’t get much worse, so why not? Sure enough shortly after I began to read her book, I noticed things in my life beginning to change and get better. I felt as though Joyce Meyer was speaking directly to me through her book. I couldn’t put it down. It is through reading her book that I understood the effort and discipline it takes to read. Through her book, I was able to pick up some of the broken pieces of my heart and get my life back on track. I think that was the fastest I have ever read a book and the only book I have ever read more than once, besides the Bible. Her book completely changed the way I approach situations and hard times now. It is hard for me to imagine what my life would be like today had I never been introduced to that book. It truly touched my soul and opened my eyes to the way I was acting and how terrible I was feeling. I am not saying that I am perfect, but today, I am more equipped to face hardships and the “bad times” . I will forever be thankful to my friend for introducing me to her book and I will forever be grateful to Joyce Meyer for keeping it real and waking me up so long

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