What To Do With Used Biblea

            I only have two things in my house that I don't like to throw in the trash. One of the is the flag of the United States of America and the other one is any old bible. I am aware that there are groups that will dispose of a flag in a proper and dignified manner and so keep my frayed flag until an opportunity to get rid of it comes along. I also have a hard time throwing away a Bible that is falling apart. As a result, I have a stack of used Bibles in my basement that are Bibles that I have used and my wife has used plus there is another stack on my bookshelf in my study that has about a dozen Bibles that are not being used. Some bibles are inexpensive to acquire and can even be found in the “dollar store.” If I purchase a Bible for a buck or a hundred bucks, they are all the same. I am also aware of certain groups that will take old Bibles and give them to people who have none. I just have a real hard time parting with them as they all have memories such as the New Scofield, hardback edition that I needed for classes at Washington Bible College. I even put a temporary cover on it with contact paper and it is held together with the paper and still has a lot of notes in it so it remains on my shelf. Psalm 119:105 says, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” 

         There are some people who seem to have a fear of even touching a Bible. I offered a Bible to such a person and they were quire defensive that they didn't even want to touch one but were quick to say, “I believe.” They never finished the statement, but just said they believed as if that was going to solve the problem but of course, it didn't as they never were willing to say in what or in whom they believed. The Psalmist in today's passage has done a great work in the 119^th Psalm as it's 176 verses speak of the importance of the “Word” of God by its many descriptive names. Some of the verses have been put to memory such as today's passage as it describes the work of the Word in the lives of people like you and like me. It is described as both a light and a lamp. One lights the path and the other lights the feet. Have you ever wondered just where you are standing? When you don't have a lamp for your feet, you may end up in a very precarious place. The same thing is true with the path on which you are walking. The light allows you to proceed without endangering yourself by a fall or by running into something that would be harmful. The Word, the Bible is able to do that. A steady input of God's Word into your life will be able to offer the protection that you need as you travel along the “road of life.” Now, keeping twenty copies of the Bible on shelves will do you no good but reading just one of them will be far more profitable to your journey upon your road of life. Praise God today for giving us His Word.