Searching the local bookstore for one of the all-time classics to read, I find myself wandering the nearly infinite rows of bookcases, overflowing with books of every kind. I am not looking for just any book, mind you. My reading appetite hungers for something rich in prose, but the book needs to fit my personal definition of a classic.
As I walk around, my eyes notice many classics of American literature. I flip through pages of book after book. Hmm, “not this one” becomes my common response. Frustration is beginning to set in, and the time is growing late.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
While these books would fill many lists of some of the most treasured novels to read, my appetite is still looking for something with the “crowning glory” of literature. My vigilant book search continues.
Coming around a corner, the final section of the enormous store is laid out in front of me. This overly small section of is buzzing with activity. A large gathering of book lovers are digging all over its shelves. What stories are these readers of classic literature finding here?
“Jonah and the Whale”
“Moses Leads Israel Home”
“Daniel in the Lion’s Den”
“David vs. Goliath”
“Abraham and Isaac”
“Noah Builds an Ark”
Feeling the excitement now as well, my eyes capture a beautiful volume with the above stories, but I also discover “The Greatest Story of All-Time” about a Galilean named Jesus Christ.
My spiritual journey has finished at last. The Holy Bible will fill my spiritual hunger for an eternity. Amen!
Big Sky Buckeye 
Sounds like you hit the jackpot! Happy reading!🌟
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Thank you Susan. While the story is fictional, I wouldn’t mind returning to a bookstore in the coming weeks to look around. It has been a long time.
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Amen 🙏
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Ashok, thanks for reading. While the story is fictional, I am looking forward to returning to a bookstore and wandering around a bit.
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Life is stranger than fiction 😅
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enjoy!
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Thanks Jim. While the story is fictional, I am looking forward to just wandering around a bookstore.
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we enjoy going to bookstores as well. we have been to our local Barnes & Nobes a couple of times in the past couple of months…
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Amen and amen, Big Sky! I use to have a vastly more diverse reading regimen, but as I’ve gotten older, I would say that the Bible now takes up about 90 to 95 percent of my reading. I wouldn’t have it any other way … unless, of course, I push closer to 100 percent Bible reading!
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David, thanks for sharing. Much of my reading time has been devoted to the Bible and devotionals since much of my writing benefits from this blessed use of time.
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Nothing like the Good Book! ❤
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Amen! It is always time well spent. Blessings to you and Bob.
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Thank you. Blessings to you and Colleen ❤
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The Bible is the Greatest Story Ever Told, the Classics of all Classics!
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Indeed! Great testament to the best selling book of all-time.
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Amen
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