My Top 5 Books of 2021

My Top 5 Books of 2021

It’s time to share my favorite reads from the past year!

This year and last year, I committed to read books that I already had on my shelves and to keep purchasing new books to a minimum. I found myself eyeing new books and realized that I already have so many that I’ve never read or that I haven’t read in a long time, so I’ve been working my way through many of them for the past two years.


Here are my favorite books I read in 2021:

To the Christian Who Feels "Behind" in Life

To the Christian Who Feels "Behind" in Life

From time to time, I’ll catch myself feeling “behind” everyone else in almost every area of life.

For example, as an adult, I’ve often found myself thinking, “I should be at such-and-such place in my life. Why am I always behind? I’ve got to catch up with everyone else…”

When I get caught in this thought pattern, I feel behind, I feel late, I feel like I’ve wasted or lost time and there’s no way to get it back.

Don’t we all feel like that sometimes?

There Is So Much to Look Forward to

There Is So Much to Look Forward to

It made me think, “When was the last time I looked forward to something, and actually enjoyed looking forward to it?”


When was the last time I enjoyed waiting for something, even if it’s just waiting a few minutes for something small but yet something I find joy in?


I can say I definitely don’t wait for the bigger things like that - all peaceful and expectant, sitting on a bench with my hands folded in my lap and a smile on my face.