I was on my way to the dry cleaners to drop off my favorite suit (I got bird poop or something on it when I was in CA) and I was listening to Glenn Beck (one of my favorite conservatives) and he was getting all choked up about these comments that people had emailed into him. He was talking about his book... I thought... well... I have his last book and it was great but why the emotion... it didnt take me long to figure out that he was talking about a new book of his that recently came out. From the comments I heard and his emotions talking about I decided to go immediately to the bookstore and pick up a copy. I knew it was a Christmas story and I dont usually read things like this but... I love to support people like Glenn. I started it and read the whole thing in one night... granted I went to bed late and watched the office in the middle but this book was AWESOME... it was a great story that tide into the atonement and redemption. It is a true story based on Glenn's life before he joined the church. This is available everywhere and I suggest you read it for some perspective!
Description:
If You Could Change Your Life by Reversing Your Biggest Regrets, Sorrows and Mistakes...Would You?
#1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned radio and television host Glenn Beck delivers an instant holiday classic about boyhood memories, wrenching life lessons, and the true meaning of the gifts we give to one another in love.
We weren't wealthy, we weren't poor -- we just were. We never wanted for anything, except maybe more time together....
When Eddie was twelve years old, all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. Although his life had gotten harder -- and money tighter -- since his father died and the family bakery closed...Eddie dreamed that somehow his mother would find a way to have his dream bike gleaming beside their modest Christmas tree that magical morning.
What he got from her instead was a sweater. "A stupid, handmade, ugly sweater" that young Eddie left in a crumpled ball in the corner of his room.
Scarred deeply by the realization that kids don't always get what they want, and too young to understand that he already owned life's most valuable treasures, that Christmas morning was the beginning of Eddie's dark and painful journey on the road to manhood. It will take wrestling with himself, his faith, and his family -- and the guidance of a mysterious neighbor named Russell -- to help Eddie find his path through the storm clouds of life and finally see the real significance of that simple gift his mother had crafted by hand with love in her heart.
Based on a deeply personal true story, The Christmas Sweater is a warm and poignant tale of family, faith and forgiveness that offers us a glimpse of our own lives -- while also making us question if we really know what's most important in them.
About the Author
Glenn Beck is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller An Inconvenient Book. He is also the author of The Real America and publisher of Fusion magazine. He is the host of his own primetime television show on CNN Headline News and the nationally syndicated radio show The Glenn Beck Program, which is the third most listened to talk show in America. Visit www.glennbeck.com
1 comment:
glad to see this delightful entry...also, glad you decided to lighten up a bit!! Mucho love!!
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