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Addition by Dr. Morris: I grew up at a time, and in a country community, where there was only one telephone for miles. It was at my cousin's country store. When he went to deliver a message you could know it was bad news, or if someone went to the store to make a phone call, you knew it was bad news. The person was calling the funeral home, the hospital, or the doctor's office. At the country store, most people had never seen a telephone, never talked on a phone. There was one phone in the schoolhouse, and a phone in the “teach ridge” (nearby building where the teachers lived). So, the students would divide and get the experience of using a phone from that short distance.
My only child's family, Dr. John Morris, were SBC missionaries to South Korea, at the time of the Korean war, there was nothing in Korea. But, he says that now the country is entirely technological, every one is talking on a phone. Technology has changed the world, but not human nature.
Most of my ancestors never knew anything about a telephone, but they did have the answer book, the Bible, God's word. Thank God I was raised by a family, and in a community, and at a time, when individuals knew the happiness of a relationship with God...direct line of communication, never busy, never on hold, divine power sources for any emergency.
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone.
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to our kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go... .hmm...where IS my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the Bill...and no dropped calls!
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