Good 'ol bedtime stories.

I can remember laying in my bed when I was just a wee little tot and having my Mama read bedtime stories. They varied from The Berenstain Bears to a little girl living in Japan named "Toto Chan." But my favorite book that my Mom read to me was called "Love You Forever." It was about a mom and her son and the mother was talking about how she would hold her tiny baby son and rock him and tell him that she would love him forever. It shows the story of her son growing up, and the mother getting older until the very end when the mother is very old and fragile. The son is then holding his mother and rocking her, telling her that he would love her forever. It warmed my heart everytime.
Since I have been in middle school, literature has been incredibly intriguing to me. I've loved almost every book I have read. There is something about a good book that makes me want to read all day long. My most recent memories have been of "religious" books, as I guess you could call them. Lately, I have been trying harder to grow more in my faith, therefore I have been hearing about great books such as Blue Like Jazz by Donal Miller, and Unfashionable by Tullian Tchividjian.
My most recent love, though, is Crazy Love by Francis Chan. It is about falling in love with our amazing God and breaking free from the status quo of religious complancency. Francis Chan writes as if he's talking to you in a face to face conversation, so he makes it incredibly easy to read so you can dwell on what he's saying and not necessarily how he is saying it. Chan says, "Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything." I want to be changed. I want my world to be rocked by being completely and head over heels in love his Jesus. So, this book is great for me right now. PLEASE read it if you have not already.
Literature is greatly significant is every way. It is a way for people to express themselves. It is a way for people to communicate to the entire would around them. Just think about this next thought. Works of literature from the past, from hundreds of years ago, are alive today! The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible, even the Swiss Family Robinson are all still here. The authors of these books, and many like them can communicate thier feelings, thoughts, and creativity to the present world. That is amazing! We don't only learn about our past, but we also see our present day layed for us in books. Just look at the shelves and shelves of books in Barnes and Noble and Books-A-Million. Every work of literature will be around for my grandchilden and their grandchildren to read. How can any of this not be significant?