Nobody ever told me…

    No one ever really explained to me how incredible the bible is! I mean I was raised in a Christian home and growing up in church reading your bible is always encouraged, but it seemed to always be portrayed of as more of a chore than anything else. No one ever really gave me a reason why to read it other than “that’s what you are suppose to do” or “because God said so” and those explanations do not really mean much to a little kid or anyone actually. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely thankful for my Christian parents and my upbringing in church. I just always remember looking at my bible and thinking “Gross! The bible is just a huge boring book filled with A LOT of words!”

    As I got older and started going to youth and growing in my relationship with God I remember starting to have a “quiet time” every day with God. It was kind of a short time but a neat time to learn something new about God or myself or His word. I believe this quiet time alone with God helped me a lot but for years I was never really consistent with my quiet time. I would do it for awhile then stop for awhile then do it again. It was the same ole same ole off and on pattern.

    It was not until a couple of years ago that I truly fell in love with the word of God! It was at a Passion conference and Beth Moore spoke about the importance of knowing and reading the bible and what really hit me hard afterwards was the fact that after being a Christian for so many years I didn’t really know that much about God’s word. It was then that I started praying every day for God to give me a passion, desire, and a true love for His word! He started opening my eyes to how incredible His word is! I started really reading it, digging through it, and pulling it apart for the first time ever! It was incredible! Now I love reading my bible! It is no longer a chore but instead I get joy from opening up the pages of this amazing book! It is truly mind blowing when you open it and read it for yourself! Each day I read things that I’ve never read before! Each day God teaches me something new about Him or who I am in Him or how to love the people around me better!

    Last week some of my best friends that I don’t see very much came into town and between working full time and hanging out with them I honestly didn’t make much time for reading my bible. After about four days I was running on empty. I had so much fun with my friends but I felt empty after not spending any time with God. I must be filled up in order to pour out!

    This past week I’ve been thinking that if people would just open up this book and read it for themselves instead of being fed by others (not really knowing if what their pastor is saying is true or not) they would fall in love with the words on the pages! They would experience healing in ways they never have before! They would have a lot less heart ache because it is only in these pages that freedom is found!


“Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

-Romans 8:39-