This week as I’ve thought about Father’s Day and family, I had to thank God because He has blessed me with a Godly heritage! My mom was telling me the other day about a time when she was a little girl and she asked my Papaw why people where at church on a Wednesday night? He said, “Because they had church then.” So my mom responded, “Why don’t we go to church on Wednesday nights?” My Papaw did not have an answer for that, so from that time on, they were at church every time the doors were open. That fostered a passion for Jesus which has been instilled in my family throughout the years.
When I go to my grandparents house, I love to look through their Bibles. They are full of worn out pages with notes in the margins and verses that are highlighted. Some pages are worn so much, there is tape holding them together. Looking through those worn out pages is almost like seeing my grandparents lives unfold before my very eyes. I can read their notes beside the story of, ‘Jesus Walking on the Water,’ about a time when God called them to step out in faith! Or at the 23’rd Psalm, I can see tear stains where they cried at their parents funeral. I love that some verses are marked with dirty fingerprints, from where they visited and revisited a particular verse or passage which brought them hope!
When I go to my grandparents house, I love to look through their Bibles. They are full of worn out pages with notes in the margins and verses that are highlighted. Some pages are worn so much, there is tape holding them together. Looking through those worn out pages is almost like seeing my grandparents lives unfold before my very eyes. I can read their notes beside the story of, ‘Jesus Walking on the Water,’ about a time when God called them to step out in faith! Or at the 23’rd Psalm, I can see tear stains where they cried at their parents funeral. I love that some verses are marked with dirty fingerprints, from where they visited and revisited a particular verse or passage which brought them hope!
The words of Scripture are eternal! They are the very Words of God which span from eternity to eternity! And the worn out pages of my grandparents Bibles, they speak of a second story, they tell of the testimony of a grandparent who has walk, stumbled, and gotten back up in their pursuit of a glorious God!
When we look at our Bible what do we see? Are the pages crisp and clean or are they worn and marked? I’m not talking about abused from being thrown in the back seat of the car and forgotten about until the next Sunday when we dig it out and blow off the dust! I’m talking about do they show the marks of a servant who depends on their Master? Do they reveal the passion of a lover who reads and re-reads a love letter? This week, please don’t miss the abundant life that is revealed in the pages of God’s Word! Start wearing out the pages for future generations to see! I’m praying for you all!
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