50 Scripture passages... for 50 days of meditation... leading up to Easter...
The presenting of verse... typed out in the post... text only... no division of words by chapter... verse... or pericope (those extra title divisions smattered throughout most Bibles)...
The surprise has been... what a difference... the clean presentation of text makes...
Even though I've written each post... each meditation... I receive them via email... as daily posts for the church... primarily to review one more time... find any type-o's... awkward words...
But in this exercise of review... I become lost in the Word... seeing just the words... written as they once were... as letters... correspondence between Believers... no chapters... no verse numbers... no subtitles chopping up content... just a message... to share...
The chapters... and numbering of verse... added by scholars... help with the study of Scripture... mapping... making location of a specific text easier...
But sometimes... those additions... stop us from connecting one verse to another... where a break by a chapter... or pericope... was never intended... thoughts hard to process... because of a number that makes us unwilling to separate a part from a whole...
The insertions of man... can hinder a reading with the Spirit...
This new insight into Scripture... clean and undivided... has made the Word seem more real to me... a story... that comes to life... not just a text... to be studied...
For the word of God is living and active.
Hebrews 4:12
[Note: Have a look for yourself at GrowingAtFUMC.blogspot.com . These contributions are for Lent 2013... they are numbered Day 1 etc... and began on February 10, 2013...]
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