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"I'll just read the Cliff Notes!" The ONE TIME in high school that I didn't read a book for English Literature that had been assigned reading I grabbed a copy of the famous bright yellow and black covered summary from the local bookstore and read it instead. It didn't end well. The exam on the book required details that weren't found in the Cliff Notes. The teacher knew exactly which of us had chosen to skim the details and read the summary instead. We were graded accordingly.

There's nothing that can help us get to know and understand the heart of the main character better than to read the whole story. Cover to cover. Summaries can give us another reader's thoughts and conclusions but reading the whole story, complete with twists and turns, challenges, battles and victories for ourselves, opens the door for us to connect with the author on a much deeper level.

So it is with reading The Bible. It is God's story. Reading it cover to cover gives us revelation of God's heart for us. I heard someone say the Bible is the only book where the author is in love with the reader. God is found on every page and the more we read the more we can know God's faithfulness, goodness and kindness. The nuances of His ways. The very heart of our King. He tells us in Jeremiah 33:3 (MSG),  ‘Call to me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.’ What a promise He's given us. Find God in the pages of HIS story and open your heart to learn the mysteries He's ready to reveal.

Read more devotions written by Denise Harper at Treasured Inside
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