SCRIPTURE WRITING

Last year we had the privilege of visiting a wonderful congregation of God's people in Lusaka, Zambia.  It was such a blessing to see how active and vibrant the congregation is.  It was also great to see some of our former students active in the work there.

During the announcements it was mentioned that they had a retreat coming up at which they would be studying the book of Deuteronomy.  In connection with that a challenge had been

issued to the congregation.  Everyone that planned to participate in the retreat was asked to write out the entire book of Deuteronomy before the retreat, if possible!  Wow!  Some who had completed the task were mentioned.  

Later in the day, we were visiting in the home of one of the prominent women in the congregation.  She mentioned that this is something the congregation has done from time to time and she herself had copied out several books of the Bible.  I was impressed as I know that she is a truly godly woman and has a wonderful Christian family.  

But, I really didn't think a lot more about it.

For years, I have been copying short passages of scripture onto note cards so that I could work to memorize them.  I have found that a great blessing as it really makes you stop and think about those verses.

Then, just a few days ago, in a blog I read, an article titled "Scripture Writing" was mentioned.  I was intrigued and wondered what it was about.  As I read the article I realized it was talking about the blessing of writing out entire books of the Bible!  Apparently, that is more common than I realized.  

Some have even joined together in an online group that sends out the scripture to write for that day with a short devotional thought.  

Others find that just choosing a book and writing it out works best.  That can be done up as simply or a fancy as you like.  Some even write their thoughts on the scripture along with their daily writing.  

Some have charts to keep track of which books they have written, which can be simple or fancy as well.  

The process of handwriting causes you to slow down and take time over the scripture.  That is never a bad thing.

I have been thinking about starting my own scripture writing.  I have a notebook and pen. 

Now, I need to choose a book to start with.

What do you think?  Would you like to start your own scripture writing?  Please let me know how it goes for you.