Have you seen where an online merchant lets you know they
want to buy back what you’ve purchased, and they’ll credit your account? What
if you’ve written your name on it? What if you’ve scratched whatever it was?
Sometimes I put my name in books, for example, as soon as they arrive. Couldn’t
“sell” those back. They’ve been personalized. The other day I was on a site,
and they had a picture of a familiar little Bible I’d purchased from them. I
haven’t written my name in the Bible. I used a sticky note and included my
address. Why? Because if this little Bible ever gets lost, I want it back.
Please mail it to me. ;)
Why do I prize this Bible so much? I’ve already underlined lots of Scriptures, dating them as I “find” them or as God speaks to me
through them. I’ve been marking up my Bibles like this for years—with dates and
colorful underlining. This process is very important to me, not just for convenience so I can find
the verses later, but because the underlined words testify about a moment in my
life.
Years ago, God showed me that all those dated passages, all
those notes, all those colorful underlined markings were memorials before Him.
They’re memorials to me too. But I was so blessed to know God took them so
seriously. He values my time in His Word. Now, we knew that, right? But to that
extent? That He calls those moments, these personalized markings, memorials? Amazing. Makes me want to spend
more time in the Word. Drop everything, it’s time to “build” a memorial before
the Lord.
How does God feel about memorials? Here’s an example of how
seriously He takes these:
Acts 10 describes a devout non-Jewish man named Cornelius
who gave to the poor and prayed “continually.” His merciful deeds and prayers
which may have gone seemingly unnoticed here on earth “built a memorial before
God.” And because of that memorial, God acted on his behalf.
So, all those markings in my Bible not only remind me of devotional,
prayer, prophetic, or study times with God, they “remind” God. Knowing that
builds my faith. Knowing that assures me of God’s astounding grace.
So, thanks but no thanks. I will not be selling this little Bible
back for credit. It’s worth too much to me now. It’s been personalized. And
through it, God’s Word has become more personal to me. Memorialized. And you
can’t put a price on that.
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