Bella Vista Church of Christ
LIFELINES
March 7, 2001 Bobby Dockery
A More Interesting Bible
I read somewhere about a mother who was trying to persuade her eight year-old daughter to study her Sunday School lesson. Mother took her Bible down from the shelf, dusted it off, and called her daughter to her side. “Now, I want you to read your Bible lesson before you go out to play.”
“All right, Mother,” the little girl said, “but let’s study out of Grandmother’s Bible. It’s much more interesting than yours.”
“Why, what makes you say that, dear?” Mother wanted to know. “My Bible is exactly like Grandmother’s.”
“Oh, no, Mother,” the observant little lady insisted, “I’m sure Grandmother’s Bible must be far more interesting than yours because she reads hers so much more often than you do!”
It is hard to teach what we ourselves refuse to learn! Actions speak louder than words. It will be hard for others to accept our counsel on the importance of Bible study if they do not see us doing it ourselves. May God help us to live the truth which we claim to believe!
BOBBY DOCKERY
Fayetteville, Ark.
