Preciousness

The preciousness of gold.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/gold.html

I don't know too much about gold, but this is pretty cool!

This weekend I learned in a very succinct manner the canon of scripture from our speaker Dr. Daniel Wallace. Even though salvation is not evidence-based or if I never learned the cannon of scripture, I would still be able to grow, learning how the Bible has been preserved is to me, a sign of the power of God. I knew that there were more manuscripts of the Bible than other books or writings, but I didn't know the extent of it. I'm not someone who knows history well or how valuable historical writings are, but even with my limited knowledge, I can tell that there is a profound amount of proof that the Bible we have today, at least the Greek we are translating from is very close to the original writings of the apostles.
The manuscripts that have been found are such treasures. Dr. Wallace showed us pictures of some that were written with gold! How precious the Word must have been to that scribe.
I wish I could be more articulate in the implications of this. The Bible is so powerful. God wants it to be preserved. He wants His message to be made known. The Bible I think is the best preserved historical document. But it isn't just that, it is so precious. I wish I could love it as much as this psalmist did.

The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.Psalm 119:72

Sadly, I often don't see it this way. How much quicker I take in what my textbooks say or curiosity in people's lives via facebook or just anything as oppose to how I take in what the Word of God says. Just as I would hug something precious if I lost it for a moment, I wish to cling to His word, His truth.