"Blessed are they whose ways are blameless,God, You have made me and You desire that I take on Your image. You use Your Word to transform me, so I come often to sit with You. I walk through these words wearing down paths that the eyes of my heart will travel again and again.
who walk according to the law of the LORD.
Blessed are they who keep His statutes
and seek Him with all their heart.
They do nothing wrong; they walk in His ways."
—Psalm 119:1-3
I seek You amidst these pages. Often when I'm reading through a passage it's not long before Your Spirit lifts a phrase right up off the page. It may be as few as two words that rock my world.
My heart is stirred. I see some part of You colliding with my life in a new way. I want to try on these words, walk in them and return to read them again.
Numbered references rarely stay with me, so I lay down clean medium point black ink lines marking off words of life. I cling to Your Word, Lord—a worn-out Bible splayed over my lap all underlined and highlighted, wrinkled by tears and time.
I've worn out a few Bibles. It's a sad thing—Psalm 34 tears loose, I fold it and tuck it in it's place. A few more pages come loose and I'm forced to acquaint myself with the slick smooth pages of a new Bible.
New Bible or old, I'm desperate for the words to lift off those pages, cut deep into my heart and make a difference in the way I live. That I may be clothed in You—and wear Your Word well.
For that is truly a well-worn Bible.
