Yesterday I decided to look for two new Bibles, one for myself and an illustrated one for my daughter. We have been doing evening devotions with L for a while out of a book M bought some time ago but also thought it would be a great idea to get a Bible we could all read together, besides....I am sure I will learn something in the process.
Shopping for Bibles is exciting. Have you been Bible shopping lately? The Christian stores are huge now, the selections greater than ever, the colors, the bindings, the choices......and I thought purchasing a digital camera was difficult?
The Bible section was to the left of the door and took up the entire length of one wall, a virtual floor to ceiling wave of God's word in KJV, NKJV, NIV, ESV, ASV, NLT, AMPLIFIED!!!, and on and on. And the colors? Red, Burgundy, Navy, Green, Black, two tone, silver in your choice of bindings....calf-skin, leather, leatherette. I haven't even touched on the different types of Bibles, life application, study, reference yada yada yada. And have you seen the accessories for Bibles? Bookmarks, ribbons to mark your place, Bible covers to protect your Bible, custom Bible covers of your favorite NFL, NBA, MLB, or Nascar team.
Part of me wanted to purchase one of each, except the one that kinda gave me the creeps. It seems that some clever marketer decided it would be cool to make a Bible and cover it in faux snake skin? I paused...snake skin? No thanks.
I finally found the Bibles I wanted, picked out my Atlanta Falcons Bible cover.."sheesh, snake skin...who would of thunk it? That is just going a bit too far." and made may way to the checkout.