I just can't say no!

Tonight, Heather and I went to the Half Price Bookstore in St. Louis Park. I like this store a lot. In fact, it's kind of a dangerous place for me to go because I usually find a couple books that I want to buy and it's hard to resist because the books are so cheap. This particular trip was to sell books, not to buy. Heather had a box full of books given to her and I had left over books from the Bluer garage sale. While we were waiting to receive their offer for our books, I wandered back to the religion section. I normally peruse the shelves and look for particular authors like Brennan Manning, Henri Nouwen, AW Tozer, or Elisabeth Elliot. As I was scanning the shelves looking to see a name that I recognized, a book that I thought I would never see at a store like this jumped out at me. There it was, Pleasures Evermore by Sam Storms sticking out like a sore thumb. I first heard about this book when I was at a conference down in Kansas City a few years ago. The author is associated with the International House of Prayer down in Kansas City and I have heard great things about the book. I guess I just never expected to see a Kansas City IHOP author at the Half Price Bookstore. Anyways, I'm standing in the aisle knowing that I just can't pass up a deal like this. If I were to buy this book from IHOP it would cost me at least twice what I would be paying...I was hooked. Now this is the part that kills me. I brought in at least a dozen books to sell and walked out with one book that was "worth" the dozen I sold plus $2. I'm glad I bought the book, but something about that whole transaction just seemed wrong. I guess I'm just a sucker that can't say no!