What's in My Bible?

I recently read an article titled "What's in your Bible" by H.B. London. He talked about his Bible that has been his "friend" for a very long time. Although he has numerous other Bibles, this one is tattered and underlined and full of notes. He goes on to tell about the "add-ons" such as poems, news clippings and even picture and how each one holds an important memory to him.

Reading this article made me think of my own "favorite" Bible. As I flip through it I see the scriptures I've underlined and dated. Some even have my daughter's name beside them. I'm taken back to a time when God’s Word was a great comfort to me during a very tumultuous time.

I pull a church bulletin from the front of the Bible and think of the church we attended in St. Louis. On the back of the bulletin is a list of everyone who attended the service that particular day....17 people. We were small but our pastors had a heart for God and for the community. And many lives were touched through South Pointe Church.

A testimony I wrote in 2001 is stuck between the pages of Hosea. It reminds me of God’s faithfulness when we sold our house in Tennessee in just six short weeks. We knew it was God's Will to relocate and He came through for us in such a miraculous way. That was a really time of faith building for my husband and me.

I even have notes from the Sunday p.m. service on 6-21-98! (Obviously I don’t clean out my Bible very often!) A few thoughts that really stood out…..
“God sees our potential and not our past.”
“God’s greatest desire is a relationship with us.”

One last thought……a favorite scripture written on an index card:

“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.” II Corinthians 4:8-9 (The Living Bible)

That's just one Bible. I may pull out another one and write about it sometime.

Thanks for the idea, HB!