Typed entirely with my left hand - 2nd monologue

Thoughts upon ordering a new pocket Bible

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
- 2 Peter 1:3

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- 2 Timothy 3:16

I can't quite remember when I got my pocket Bible. It feels like it's always been with me, almost like my right arm. I carry it wherever I go, and I don't feel complete if I don't have it with me. It's the same sensation as leaving the apartment without my coat in the winter, or going to a new place without a map or GPS. I feel that lost without it.

This Bible is a tiny New Testament and Psalms, and has become worse for wear over the time it's been with me. It was once blanched white, but shows wear in the dirt that creeps in through the cracks of the patent leather cover, and the lovable dog-ear on the upper right of the cover.

My Bible has been with me when I've been in desperate need for a quiet time alone with God. Somehow, God has used it to lead me wherever He wants me to go; whenever I feel lost, lonely or confused, He'll point me to the right place in Scripture. Whenever anyone else in my life has a need, God points me where to go; all I need to do is stay in tune with God and listen for what He wants me to say (2 Tim. 4:2). My Bible may be small -and mostly New Testament at that, but somehow, it has everything I need. (2 Peter 1:3; 2 Tim. 3:16-17)

I've heard it said that if your Bible's a mess, that's a pretty good indication that your life isn't. Oh, that I might continue to fall in love with God through His word (Psalm 119)!