Subject: NISB |
Bible Note: John, in connection with this business of highlighting the Bible text, I happened to notice the Bible of a lady who sat beside me on the pew one Lord's Day morning. She had opened her Bible to the Gospel of Matthew and was reading from the Sermon on the Mount. I noticed that every word on both of the open pages had received the highlight treatment. This little incident occurred before the formal worship service had begun and, since people were engaging in greetings and small talk, I ventured a comment on my observation of the copious amount of highlighting. "How do you determine what to highlight?" I asked. "Oh, that's easy," she said. "I just highlight the parts that are important. Would you like to take a look at my Bible?" she asked. ..... And it was an experience, too, that's for sure. This dear old soul, this avid highlighing soul, had spared few passages of Scripture from getting the highlighting treatment. And I expect that in due time she will get around to coloring up the few parts she missed. ..... Whatever floats her boat, I suppose .... but it clearly doesn't float mine to have my favorite edition of the Bible garishly decorated in lemon yellow or shocking pink. If I care so little about Scripture not to be reminded of the eternal truth of 2 Timothy 3:16, I honestly doubt that a fist full of assorted crayons is going to help me much anyway. The Holy Bible is not a coloring book. ..... I thought your point about the distractions to current reading occasioned by previous markings was especially significant. --Hank |