While growing up, the Bible wasn't very important to my life. In fact, I knew nothing about it except a few of the most well known Bible stories. My neighbor told me as a teenager that there really wasn't any logical way that the story of Noah could have been true. I remember thinking that I was sure it was true but had no way to refute what she said. The only Bible I had of my own was a paperback copy of the Living Bible that my brother had given me. (He got it at a church Christmas party from "Santa Claus", but that's another story completely.) On the occasion of my college graduation and 20th birthday, Ray gave me a leather copy of the New American Standard Version Bible with my name on it. It was two months before our wedding and it was the first time I had seen my married name written down. Needless to say, it is still one of my most treasured possessions.
Teaching my own children the Bible has become very important to me. They need to know the basic stories of Noah, Moses and Joseph, but that isn't enough. They have to know how God created the Heavens and the Earth, how he provided for the Israelites and they turned their backs on Him, how the most well known characters fit into the over all story of Scripture. Our children need to know the events leading up to the coming of Christ, about His death, burial and Resurrection, and what the disciples did after He ascended. The overall story of the Bible is life changing and worthy of our full attention. This year we are learning one verse every week from each book of the Bible. I am choosing one or two verses that somewhat tell what that book is about. Hopefully, at the end of the year we will all have a better knowledge of each book of the Bible.
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