Happy Girl

I just started reading Radical Cross by A.W. Tozer. I've had it for a while, but that's usually how I do things. I've been reading Redeeming Love since Valentine's Day 2008 and I'm just half way through. What can I say? I'm A.D.D. I usually don't read the Foreword and Preface in books, but I started reading this one and it looked good, so I kept reading and I found this little beauty.

"Until we see the price God paid for our peace in His own Son, we will be paying with our sons' and daughters' lives on the battlefields of our hates and brutalities, only to find peace ever eluding us."

I'm currently taking book suggestions.

**Before I get feedback, I want to clear up that this has nothing to do with my view of the military. It does have to do with my view of war. I don't like war and I don't think God likes war. I don't really think it's necessary, but we're humans and it's inevitable. I fully respect and completely appreciate the work and service of our military men and women. My Paw Paw forged his birth certificate when he was 17 so that he could join the Marines a year early. He was in Saipan during WWII. He was chased by Japanese soldiers to the edge of a cliff where we had to make the decision to jump off or get shot. He jumped and broke every bone in his foot. He's been in explosions and more life threatening situations than I could ever imagine. He went to Washington D.C. a few weeks ago. When he was walking down the street, a Japanese family came up to him and thanked him for his service. People from the same country that was trying to kill him and everyone with him appreciate his service. He must have been doing something right. I believe God works all things out for good and even though I don't believe God likes war or wants war doesn't mean I don't think He uses it to His glory. He's done it before. I just think if Christians embraced the message of the cross fully and wholly, trusted God, and pledged our allegiance to Him alone and not our politics or our country, that we would find ourselves in a very different America and a very different world.**