On a different page of the Psalms from the one pictured above, you can find some colored pencil underlining of Psalm 139:7-10, a passage which reads:
7 Where can I go from your spirit? |
As I've been going throughn my Bible collection recently, trying to weed out a few that I don't need or use, I got thinking, what is my favorite Bible? Not necessarily my favorite translation...currently, that tends to be the HCSB. No, I was thinking more in terms of which Bible in my collection have I used the most, marked in the most. Which Bible has been my "go-to" Bible for the longest time? Which one shows the most "wear and tear"? I think for that, there's no contest: a paperback HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV) that I purchased from a used bookstore in Normal, IL, probably about fourteen years ago. The picture above shows a couple pages from the Psalms in that particular Bible. (Don't ask me exactly what all the different colors of highlighting mean; I once has some sort of system, but it's long forgotten.) Funny thing is, I have a nice hardcover edition of the same Bible, into which I meant to transfer some of the markings, but never got around to it. This old paperback has been marked in, taped up, carried around in a couple different sturdy carrying cases. It's tattered and torn, battered and bruise; in that regard, I think it's kind of a metaphor for my faith. Like my faith, it's taken some knocks in the past, it's been hidden away, and yet, I always seem to come back to it. On a different page of the Psalms from the one pictured above, you can find some colored pencil underlining of Psalm 139:7-10, a passage which reads:
I suppose I could add something like, "If I try to hide your Word away, it keeps coming back to me." Does this old Bible keep finding me, or do I keep finding it? I'm not sure the distinction is that important. Pursued or pursuer, the result is still the same. The Word speaks, and eventually...I listen.
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