There were many expressions of God's kindness to me Sunday. One was a surprise appreciation from the church. As a gift, I received the above page of Romans 8 from a Geneva Bible printed between 1560 and 1644.
The Geneva Bible was the first English Bible to use numbered verses. This was the edition of the Bible that Shakespeare, the Pilgrims, and the Puritans would have used. Also, this would have been the edition that John Bunyan would have soaked in.
I am extremely grateful for such an undeserved gift. It now sits on my shelf right above my computer to remind me that, "Nowe then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus..."
And, it reminds me of the Father, "Who spared not his own Sonne, but gave him for us all to death, howe shall he not with him give us all things also."
1 comment:
That is such a treasure to have. I'm a bug history buff so that page is very interesting to me. The language and spelling are a surprise to me too.
Anyway, I thank God for you bro!
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