The Bible isn't a rulebook
Oreos and Bananagram play-offs at midnight? Heck, why not. Coming home late after a day of exhausting responsibility, the sight of my roommate and a friend hunched over a very non-violent round of my favorite little word game was rather...relieving. Maybe it's okay to forget about that midterm for a bit. Hey, the guy next door even came by: Oreo joy was spreading. I was just throwing a cup of tea in the microwave when our conversation took a wild U-turn. "Hey! I like that: 'The Bible isn't a rulebook'." Bam. The conversation I had been waiting for for weeks. Right now? Right now. The alphabet tiles would have to wait. He was reading a poster I had printed off of Facebook and plastered to my dorm-sized fridge.The simple message is something I need to be reminded of again and again: "The Bible isn't a rulebook. It's a love letter. I'm not an employee. I'm a child. It's not about my performance. It's about Jesus' on the ...