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The Old Bible  

 




The Old Bible


I was browsing through the books
at a second hand store,

When I found an old Bible, tattered and worn.
The pages were yellow, the binding was scored,
The cover was dusty, faded and torn.

It's been days of longing
Wishing you'd return to me ...
For though you left,I cannot
"set you free".

It must have been a hundred
years old, Or perhaps even more,
Well, I bought that old Bible,
From that second hand store.

I went back to my home, Sat down
in my chair,

And opened the old
Bible,With delicate care.

On the inside cover were the faded words,
"To momma, with love from your son,"
And I thought of the joy that she must have felt,
To receive such a gift as this one.

As I thumbed through the pages I found
scriptures marked, Underlined so carefully,
And I thought of the comfort those scriptures
had brought,
To those who owned this Bible before me.

The twenty-third Psalms was underlined,
And the Beatitudes of Matthew five,
And I could tell where tear drops had
stained the scripture,
That told how Jesus had suffered and died.

I found John 3:16 was underlined,
And Romans 6:23,

And John 14:6, where Jesus said,
"No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."

As I held that old Bible that I'd bought
for one dollar,

I knew it's immeasurable worth,
Not only was it someone's most prized
possession, It was the most important
book on earth.

I wondered how many tear drops had
stained it's pages,
In salvation so pure and free,
I wondered how many hearts and souls
it had touched,
Before it found its way to me.

Now it stands on my bookshelf,
A prized possession again,
A symbol of God's love and sacrifice,
His written word to all men.















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