Yesterday I went to my weekly Bible Study at our church. We are studying the book of Daniel and it has been awesome. It is my opportunity to visit with other women and get to learn the Word of God. As I left the building to go check on my father in law, I made a restroom stop. What happened next surprised even me.
As I entered the restroom, I placed my workbook and my Bible on the shelf but I carried my ipad and my purse into the stall. I did that because a dear friend told me that her's was stolen from a restroom. Worse, it was stolen from the restroom stall that she had just left.
I hung my purse on the hook in the door and laid my ipad across the straps to hold it in. Upon doing that, I immediately thought "What in the world would posses me to leave my Bible and carry my ipad?" The answer for most of us would be value.
You see, materialisticly speaking, that particular ipad with all it's bells and whistles was quite pricey. The Bible was under $100.00. This is an excellent example of how no one can put a value on the Word of God. Each contains a wealth of information, each can provide that information at your fingertips, each contributes to society, each let's you access history, and each can be used for growth.
The difference however, is that the ipad can not save you. Oh yeah, it can pull you out of a crunch but what eternal value does it have? Yet I clutched it for dear life and very comfortably laid my Bible down. There are notes and prayers in my Bible that are priceless and yet I had no fear that anyone might take it.
Last night, I saw that friend in class and she had a brand new ipad to replace the one she lost. It's that easy. If it's lost or taken, it can be replaced but if I lost my Bible with all my notes and all my prayers, that would be worse than losing anything! I discovered quickly that sometimes, it's not in the price... it's in the value. Lesson learned.
Losing ipad....$700.00
Losing Bible...$ 75.00
Keeping notes on how God has spoken in my life.....Priceless
Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Proverbs 8:10-11
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