Skip to main content

BIBLE COVER

 

Psalms 32:7

“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.” 


“I was looking for it. 

My Bible with the black cover. 

 It zips up.  

My initials are on the front.

It’s large print.

 I have got to find it.

Oh yeah, I remember. 

 It’s in my car. 

I want to go get my Bible.

 I want to put my new book tabs on it.

However, it is very dark outside. 

I am going to have to wait until tomorrow.”


I have several Bibles.

 Some have been given to me over the years. 

Some have wrinkled and torn pages.

 One is relatively new. 

A few I can read without my glasses. 

The big burgundy Bible encased in the black cover has large print.

I have had it for twenty-six years.

My father and mother were both with me when I purchased it.

The date was July 20, 1997.


Why the details?

For me… It is because every moment matters.

From cover to cover, beginning to end, start to finish.

Every moment matters.


God knows that in order for us to live a life of love, faith, and hope, we need protection.

We need cover from the intense pressure and threatening challenges that occur over the course of a lifetime.


Bible cover. 

Scriptural saturation.

God has given us the Living Word.

The Bible addresses all that pertains to life.

The scriptures are light in darkness.

They offer peace in the midst of chaos.

The Word of God is a shield and an anchor.


Bible cover.

Within the pages of scripture we find meaning.

The fruit of the Spirit, covering…covered:


Love☑️

Joy☑️

Peace☑️

Longsuffering☑️

Gentleness☑️

Goodness☑️

Faith☑️

Meekness☑️

Temperance☑️


Life and death.

Everything is covered. 


Bible cover.

What a blessing…

Covered by God.


God bless✨ 

In Christ,

Sis. Stephanie 






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Journey Here

  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. - Psalms 23:4 The journey here...that is really something to think about.  Where we are in life as compared to where we had hoped to be.  Paths chosen while other were forgotten or neglected.  Decisions.  Times of indecisiveness. There were times we crawled. Too weary to walk.  We ran. We were too impatient to wait.   The journey.  Here.  That is really something to think about. For me the most difficult and sometimes debilitating aspect of the journey, has been walking through the valley of the shadow of death.  Tempted to fear due to memories of time I could have spent, conversations I should have had, hugs I wish I had given.  This type of fearful fretting is not of God.  I have learned; I am learning that if I truly believe, He is with me.  If I surely stand on His promi...
Post a Comment
Read more

If We Live

  For  that  ye ought to say, If the Lord  will ,  we  shall live, and  do   this ,  or   that .                                                   - James 4:15 If I live to see tomorrow... I remember hearing adults say this when I was a child.  Tomorrow seemed to be some miraculous day.  Big things were going to happen.  Something special was in store.  I began to think and say aloud: I can't wait until tomorrow. I did not realize that the biggest factor in "tomorrow" was if the Lord willed us to live to see it.  Everything, each and every day rested in the will of God.  So, what about today? How about some reframing.  "The Lord has blessed me with today. He allowed me this day."  How about doing something in the now. Procrastination is a thief.  It is a threat to hope....
Post a Comment
Read more

I Remember

"When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.  Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice." - Psalms 63:6-7 Dear Friends, "My sister and me used to have bunk beds.  This reminds of me of that. Do you remember Stephanie? It's like we are having a pajama party." I remember. I sat with my sister in her Hospice room and I remembered.  Bunk beds that we sometimes had stacked and at other times they were laid side by side, like twin beds.  I remember that we are not in our room of long ago. Unless the Lord says otherwise when this "party" is over my sister will be with the Lord and I will return to my earthly home.  I remember. God was a Mighty Fortress during those days.  In a place where people go to comfortably die, the Lord was teaching a lesson on how to live.  Praise and worship was the norm.  My sister the angelic soprano sang.  Family came in the room and for...
Post a Comment
Read more