It's been a long time coming, but this afternoon I was able to pick up our new church Bibles. We have some beautiful, fairly new KJV Bibles in our sanctuary already, but I have wanted to add a modern translation for church use ever since arriving at Drennon two and a half years ago. Plus, it's gotten so more and more of our members have asked me what sort of Bible to read from instead of the King James, due to the fact that the KJV is just so hard to read.
It was a great phone call to receive at school when I got a voice mail from Lifeway Christian Store in Louisville, saying our Bibles were ready for pickup. It was a really difficult day today for me and my family, with lots of stuff going on distracting us from our school days. To hear from Lifeway, and then to go down to the store and open up a box of beautiful navy blue Bibles, written in the brand-new NIV translation, was a joy. Kind of an affirmation on a very emotionally cloudy day.
We started asking for folks to purchase these Bibles for church use only about three weeks ago, and already they've been paid for completely by church members and regular attenders. I will never want to start using the KJV Bibles we have at Drennon, because it's the most beautifully written translation, still probably the most trusted and definitely the best for memorizing Scripture verses. Now, though, we can alternate back and forth between the majestic beauty of the KJV and the ease of understanding of the NIV.
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