Personal God

Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God.  A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try to be brave despite all the bafflement.  A God who created, and withdrew, could be mighty, but he could not be love.  Who could love a God remote, when suffering is our lot?  Our God is closer than our problems, for they are out there, to be faced; He is here, beside us, Emmanuel.

                                      ...  Joseph E. McCabe, Handel's Messiah

Unknown Author or is He known?

BIBLE STUDY 

There was a young lady who read a book and having completed it, remarked, "It was the dullest book I ever read."

Not long after she met a man, fell in love and was engaged to be married. One evening she said, "I have a book in my library by a man whose name is the same as yours. Isn't that a coincidence " He replied, "Not at all, I wrote the book."

She ran home, sat up all night rereading the book again. When finished she said, "That was the most interesting book I've ever read." Why had the book changed so much? Because she knew and loved the author.

Application: You will enjoy reading and studying the greatest book, the Bible, if you know and love the author. Then the Bible becomes the most interesting book in the world.