or, “childhood devotional, #4,” by guest blogger, Eva Bleeker…

I lost my Bible. I was so mad.

During my college years at Kansas State, my Christian campus group met on Thursday nights in the student union. And one Thursday I left my Bible on the floor under the rows of flip-down seats,  never to be seen again. 

My parents gave me that Bible for Christmas just before I left for college. My mom had inscribed the front pages in her perfect calligraphy with my name and something encouraging. Losing the Bible was bad enough. But something else disappeared that night: one of Josh’s elementary-age devotionals. Number Four. The original autograph. Gone.

When Josh and I started dating, I discovered the devotionals in his old bedroom. I fell in love. I mean, I already loved Josh, but I flipped over the little yellow pages. I loved seeing that God had been massaging his heart for years. So I started carrying Number Four in my Bible because it endeared Josh to me.

Since I bear the responsibility for losing this precious document, I offer my best attempt at recreation.

Josh Bleeker #4

Read Job 33:28

“Brung Back”

We read that God redeems our life from the pit.

A Thought: Let’s make him not have to do it again.