I hope this doesn\u2019t sound too dorky but I\u2019ve taken to listening to my Bible on my morning jog. That\u2019s right, listening to selections from the Psalms, the Hebrew Scriptures, the epistles and the Gospels while I run.<\/p>\n
Months ago I downloaded an app that gives me Scripture readings and for a while I would read them on my phone. Then I discovered a feature \u2013 I\u2019m slow on the uptake with these things \u2013 where I could press a little arrow and hear the Bible on my phone.<\/p>\n
Think about it. That\u2019s how the Bible was originally shared (okay, not exactly on a phone). The words were read aloud. The gospels, the Psalms, the stories of Jesus. When Paul was writing his epistles back in the 50 A.D. he assumed that most people were simply going to hear his words.<\/p>\n
Few people could read back then. And the costs of writing and copying something were enormous. Not till the advent of printing over 500 years ago did people really start getting the Bible by reading it. Not simply listening to it.<\/p>\n
History seems to be reversing itself. The good old days have come back. With a twist. I can click on my phone and hear a man\u2019s voice repeating Scripture that is some 2000 years old.<\/p>\n
But why on my jog?<\/p>\n
I confess I get a little BORED running. And need a little encouragement. I seem to get slower by the day and although my route takes me through a park with beautiful views, when I have to run up a hill, I\u2019m thinking, this is too hard!<\/p>\n
Instead of complaining, I take out my phone, push that arrow and hold the speaker close as I huff and puff and trudge up the hill.<\/p>\n
I probably could use ear phones, but I hate having something stuck in my ears, and the voice reading the Scriptures is completely audible\u2013until a plane flies overhead or a bus passes me.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s my morning prayer time. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come? My help comes from the Lord.<\/p>\n
Just the other day I was running out of the park and a group of college-age kids were running in. All at once I heard one of them say, \u201cHey man, are you listening to the Bible on your phone?\u201d<\/p>\n
Yikes. All along I\u2019d convinced myself that no one else could really hear. \u201cYep,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCool,\u201d the guy yelled back. See? It\u2019s cool to listen to the Bible. Who knew? Probably the first time anybody under 30 has said I was doing something cool. What an honor. Be cool! Listen to the Word. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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