So a few weeks ago I caved and got myself some of the swanky Bible highlighters and clear sticky notes that every teenage youth girl is carrying around nowadays. I like to make notes in my Bible as I read. Of course, the one I primarily use has about 0.5 inch margins, so…not a lot of room for profound thoughts before you run off the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a few years, I have underlined the passages stand out to me. Sometimes it\u2019s because I really like the verse, sometimes because it stands out when I\u2019m reading it, sometimes it\u2019s because I\u2019m confused, which usually warrants a \u2018?!\u2019 next to the passage. However, besides the occasional \u2018?!\u2019 or circled word, there\u2019s not a ton of room for nuance the way I was marking things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I decided that it was time to get some highlighters. The reason the ones I got are the \u201ctrendy\u201d ones that everyone has is because they are good quality. There are certain pens, highlighters, sticky notes made for <\/em>Bibles, which makes it easier on the thin pages. My only gripe with the product is that the color the highlighter says it\u2019s going to be and the actual color of the highlighter are often not quite the same. I think most owners of these highlighters felt catfished the first time they used them…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway…I started using the aforementioned highlighters post haste, and I am quite enjoying the different experience. I decided on a few Biblical themes I wanted to highlight and take note of, and it\u2019s amazing how often those things pop up now when I read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because I\u2019m reading some of the prophets, I thought an interesting thing to highlight would be God\u2019s justice versus God\u2019s love. Because let me tell you – there is a lot<\/em> of justice dealt out in the Old Testament prophets! That highlighter has been heavily used thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not exactly sure how this applies to life. I\u2019m not telling you to go buy the trendy highlighters. But I think this does highlight something: the things we look for are the thing we find. If we are looking for God\u2019s truth in a verse, we spot it a lot more. If we are looking for areas of hope, we will observe them more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think this is even more true in life. The things we dwell on have a deep<\/em> impact on our hearts. That\u2019s why taking thoughts captive is so important. If we are entirely focused on the bad things in our life, we will notice even more of those. If we focus on the hope of Jesus, or the truth of God, or the wonderful parts of people, the more we see of that, and the more we are lifted up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So a few weeks ago I caved and got myself some of the swanky Bible highlighters and clear sticky notes that every teenage youth girl is carrying around nowadays. I like to make notes in my Bible as I read. Of course, the one I primarily use has about 0.5 inch margins, so…not a lot of room for profound thoughts before you run off the page.<\/p>\n