Meditations—points to ponder

The opening page of the bible tells us that every living creature 

was brought into being by the Power of words. 

Language, spoken and written is the primary means for getting us in on what is—

Who God is and what He is doing. 

Such words are intended to get inside us, 

to deal with our souls, 

to form a life that is congruent with the world that God has created, 

the salvation He has enacted and 

the community He has gathered. 

This requires a hagah type of reading. 

Spiritual writing or Spirit-sourced writing, requires spiritual reading —

a reading that honors words as holy words as a basic means of 

forming an intricate web of relationship between God and the human—

between all things visible and invisible.

Eugene Peterson Eat this Book! the art of spiritual reading pp3-4

2 Timothy 3:16 (NRSV) — 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 3:16 (The Message) — 16 Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and 

useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, 

correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way.