The Bible

If there is one thing that I regret not doing earlier in my life, that would be not seriously reading the Bible and not taking to heart the lessons to be learned from the scriptures. I remember reading the Bible like it was another paperback novel back then but it was like a speed reading test for me. The sooner I can finish one chapter, the better it was so I can say I was able to read the Bible from cover to cover. But I never did! Somehow, things would crop up to distract me from my goal. Years later, I would start again and half way through the book, I’d lose interest in it and place it back in the corner to collect dust until I would pick it up again. Maybe, it was not the perfect time for me to read it. Knowing God has a purpose for everything that happens in our life, I’d like to think I wasn’t receptive yet to the prompts of the Holy Spirit back then. I belonged to those whose eyes saw, but did not see, who heard but did not understand.

Maybe because it was speed reading, I didn’t see the beauty of the words and didn’t understand the message of the stories that would help me a lot with my life. I was racing against time to live life to the fullest but I forgot that in order to live well, I should master first the Manual of Life, which is the Bible. Oh darn, why didn’t I learn of this secret earlier? Because truly, now I can say what a valuable source of guidance and inspiration the Bible is. And what beautiful words! Maybe poets and writers copied some of their lines from the scriptures. I’m starting to read the Bible once again and I am savoring each word like a thirsty soul, I drink from it the wisdom that was given long time ago but was set aside in preference for worldly things.