The Bible. How many people actually read it everyday? How many people even know where the Bible in their home is? How many homes do not even have a Bible in it?
This morning at church where I now work part-time as the church secretary, I was getting the slides ready for services on Sunday. Our pastor was helping me as I hadn't gotten the Bible verses up on the screen. The job was taught to me rather quickly when I started and a few things were missed. One was the Bible verses in the computer program that the church uses. Last Sunday during service the verses were not on the screen because I didn't know I was suppose to put them there.
We do this out of courtesy for the congregation, but only for the last service. I asked the Pastor if I am suppose to do that for the traditional service and he said no. He doesn't put the verses on the screen for that service....he hopes people will open a Bible. He would prefer they open their own, but very few folks bring their own Bible to church. He said if it were up to him, the pew Bibles would be removed. I'm assuming that by having them there it makes it to easy for everyone to forget that your are supposed to bring your own Bible to church.
I've never actually sat outside any church and watched to see how many folks carry in a Bible with them. I would guess it is not very many.
A few Sundays ago we had a young man visit our church for the first time and he carried in his own Bible. To understand how rare this is, it stuck out to me and few others. Wow, he brought in his own Bible..and he's a young person!
My husbands God-daughter has a birthday coming up and she is 11. I am going to ask her parents if she has her own Bible yet. If not, I think I will get her one and present it to her on her birthday. While her parents have been regular church goers in the past, they have not been in a long, long time.
As I stated in the first paragraph here...how many households even have a Bible in their home...or know where it is if they do have one?
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