Last week’s blog featured the youversion app that enables Christians to access digital versions of the Bible wherever they go. I encourage believers to download the application for their smart phones, tablets, and other electronic devices.

I recently downloaded the Bible to my Kindle device as well.

Amazon sells various versions of the Kindle e-reader that allow patrons to read digital publications on a paper book sized tablet. The e-devices are light weight and portable with enough memory for thousands of books.

And as I continue to mature in wisdom, knowledge, stature, and years, I have also come to appreciate the font size adjustment feature! Readers can make the print as large as necessary.

A hard cover NIV Study Bible costs over $30 with leather editions running much more. I downloaded the Kindle Version for under $10.

Christians exist in a time when the Bible is more readily accessible than ever before. However, we also live in an age of Biblical illiteracy.

If all else has failed, maybe it’s time to read the directions.

In 1454, Johannes Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book using movable type. The Gutenberg Bible inspired a revolution in printing and access to Scripture.

The 21^st century is experiencing a Gutenberg-like revolution in electronic media. Believers now enjoy digital versions of the Bible. Scripture can be viewed online or downloaded to smart phones and tablets.

I often recommend that Christians consider the youversion app. The website (youversion.com) provides a FREE Bible app with multiple versions. The application also offers reading plans, study guides, and more.

Youversion.com makes the Bible readily accessible on computers, smart phones, and tablets. We can literally carry God’s Word with us everywhere. The app will even read audio versions for listeners while driving, working, or resting!

I encourage you to download the app today.

Oh, and USE IT!

During the week when we celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day, meditate on the Apostle Paul’s description of true love:

Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, it isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints, it isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things. 

Love never fails.

Now faith, hope, and love remain–these three things–and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8; 13, Common English Bible

I saw this post on social media, and it captures how many of us often feel!

My mind is like my internet browser:

• 19 tabs are open
• 3 of them are frozen
• And I have no idea where the music is coming from!

Prayer for the Day:

Lord,

Calm and quiet my soul.

Grant me the grace

to feel your enfolding arms

and to claim your peace.

Amen.