Nope, not my mantra for the year…

Like I said in the previous post I did some reading last summer…Eat Pray Love was actually a Christmas gift to my mom. I bought her the book and the movie and she really only wanted the movie.  So, I gladly took the book back from her.  I started reading it after school ended in May and I finished it while we were in Hawaii.  It took me FOREVER to get through the Pray part…find that amusing, coming from a Pastor’s Wife, do ya??  Well, when I explain it, you’ll know why!

I will say I have not seen the movie still…so don’t ruin it by telling me the book isn’t anything like the movie or visa versa, okay?

I quickly devoured (pun intended) the first part of the book…you know, the EAT part.  Who wouldn’t love spending some time in Italy??  Eating their way through it… I say no one.  When I got to the PRAY part, it was hard to follow, since my belief didn’t coincide with what she was seeking…I pressed on through it though and learned a lot.  Brought me back to the World Religions class in College….I am all for seeking communion with the One True God.  During the reading of this, my husband and I were vacationing in Hawaii for our anniversary. Thanks to his prodding, well his pushing, to actually just sit and read, I made it through the rest of PRAY and headed into LOVE…my favorite chapter.  Had it been at the front, the whole plot and movie would have never happened!  The LOVE part was insanely juicy…I won’t lie about that.  And the overall conclusion is I really enjoyed the book.  I don’t have to agree with all the parts to say I like the book.  The God she talked about may not be the same God I believe in – the One True God who created the Heavens and the Earth, who sent his One and Only son to die on my behalf so the He could have a relationship with me – but I was encouraged by her words to pursue The Lover of My Soul even more.

Thanks Elizabeth Gilbert!

Karen