Friday, January 6, 2012
God Who Watch Over Me
I love God and I think that He is the only one to count on. But I also loved it when people keep their relationship with Him to themselves, I don't have to know every time that you are this "big" religious person.
Does it have to do with growing up in a very religious country, so religious that it completely choking you every second of the day ? That it inclined in you that if you don't mention God once between each two words you utter then you are not Muslim- religious- enough !!
I guess starting this post with "I love God.." is kinda of a shield to protect myself from any attack. But seriously I love Him and I think that my God is different from anyone's else and is not the same as I have been -and still- taught about Him.
I also found out that I hate this talk about -you and God- in all religions, not only Islam so I kept watching myself getting panicked each time the word God mentioned while reading this amazing book ( Watch Over Me) , I honestly don't know why I bought this book, was it a recommendation ? or simply I liked what it says at the back cover? .
I don't regret buying it or even reading it-I am almost over-. The author, the characters, and the introduction of the book keeps reminding you that it's actually a Christian book, but guess what ? it turns out that it's not any different from reading any Islamic book !!, though I hate labeling books according to their religions. It's a great one, I am enjoying every bit of it and falling in love with the characters, but a bit of religion in it and it would be a masterpiece to me.
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It seems it's one I read in March 2010 and though I didn't write much about it, apparently you bought it. Sorry all the God references are there if they panic you! I should have warned you, I suppose. :)
I had forgotten about it but when I searched my own blog, I found it there. I think it's one I got from my friend Cindy. She buys a number of fiction books and I read quite a lot of them in 2009 and 2010.
Susanne,
when I first got the thought, How and why did I get this book? I thought of you at first and that I may have seen it in one of your books of the month.
but..
that doesn't mean it's a bad book, it'a actually really lovely and I enjoyed it a lot minus some of the end and I actually fall in love with the characters especially Matt and Abby, didn't like the husband a lot..
now as of the word "God" I don't mean it only in the "Christian God" sense, I mean whenever this word is mentioned. I may not explained myself clearly in the post, but I think that any relation between someone and God must be a private one, no one needs to flash it every few seconds. And i felt panicked because after reading a few pages of any novel I always got so emotional and live and breath with the characters so..
That's why I don't enjoy what's called "Islamic Literature"!!
hope i made my self clear this time !!
btw, I am reading a book about God but on the opposite side this time.
:) Thanks for sharing more about your perspective. I understand your thinking of keeping religion private. Many people share that point of view. Thanks for trying to clarify things and telling more about the book. I'd forgotten it, but the plot sounded a bit familiar when I saw it on Amazon so I figured I better search my blog. Haha! :D
Susanne,
you are welcome and I am glad that somethings are clear now..
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