Can you name this author? Two clues:
- Clue #1: He wrote nearly 10% of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in the English language.
- Clue #2: Only one other English writer is quoted more often.
Who was he? William Shakespeare, of course (“a rose by any other name….parting is such sweet sorrow…”). He wrote 37 plays that total 884,429 words. By comparison, the King James Bible contains 783,137 words.
If the pen is mightier than the sword, Shakespeare was among the mightiest. That’s why I was so stunned when I saw the offer from Amazon Kindle.
I could buy the complete works of Shakespeare for the princely sum of…(cue the minstrel)…49 cents! Though I love a good bargain, this struck me as criminal. All that beautifully crafted dialogue, all those spectacular sonnets valued at less than half a buck? It didn’t seem right.
And that takes me to the point of this blog. How much do we value—truly value—the Word of God? What if I shared some metrics that could prove how much you love (or merely like) the Word of God?
If we love the Word of God, we…
- Read it. All the time. No day is complete without time spent in the Word.
- Quote it. As easily as we quote movie lines or ad slogans.
- Live it. It directs our daily thoughts and actions. It routinely corrects and guides us.
What do our lives say about how much we value the Bible? Is the Word always on our hearts and minds? Can we quote from it as easily as we do the latest episode of the Mandalorian? Or do we give it—say—49 cents worth of attention?