Is It About Him or Me?
I have an old Bible that I really feel comfortable with. It is greatly weathered, old, used-up looking. It has been my Bible for 45 years, and it shows the wear. The old Bible is a marvel for some when I take it in public. Many are quite impressed that I would use a Bible up that much. Surely, I must be a super-Christian, right? Who else would have a Bible used up like that? I must confess, there is a certain pride when I hear those statements, but it came to me; that's the problem. It's about me, and how holy, holy, I am with my broken-down Bible. It's not about Him and the timeless message of hope contained in any Bible in any condition. The Gospel is the same. In all I have been through health wise this last month and a half, I have had a lot of time to get close to God and pray a lot. In all this, it has been impressed upon me that I often call myself doing things for God, so to speak, in order to bring attenti...