{"id":3305,"date":"2012-06-12T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2012-06-08T23:34:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T06:34:21","slug":"loving-the-bible-in-a-hands-on-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/loving-the-bible-in-a-hands-on-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving the Bible in a Hands-On Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I remember waking up almost every morning to my mama reading her Bible on the couch. I was completely fascinated by the whole thing–the special colored pencils, the special black pens that she had a never-ending supply of, the pictures and notes she drew in the margins.<\/p>\n

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We’re not very alike, but the fact that she drew rainbows in her Bible is a good indicator that we’re related. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I, of course, aspiring to be like my mama and to do this amazing Loving the Bible in a Hands-On Way thing, wanted to draw my own pictures to illustrate what verses were talking about. I can’t believe she let me (I would be way too\u00a0possessive\u00a0of this gloriously loved and colorful Bible to let grubby little kids possibly mar it with vague scribbly stick figures).<\/p>\n

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\"\" I love that it wasn’t just the example of her reading her Bible every morning, but also her including\u00a0us<\/em> as she really loved\u00a0God’s word. This has definitely been an influence in my highlighting and red pen all through my Bible. I’ll never have a Bible as artistic and beautiful as my mama’s, but I hope to read it over and over again and love it to death a little bit like she does.<\/p>\n

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