Last weekend my husband and I went to some open houses in the area. He loves to do this every Sunday and this time I decided to come along. It's fun to get decorating ideas and see what various neighborhoods are like.

We were in a beautiful house, completely out of our price range, that had a charming home office. As we often do in these homes, I began planning how each space would be used for our furniture and lifestyle. Just in case.

"This could be my office," I announced.

"What do you do?" the realtor asked.

On the verge of saying, "I don't do anything", I paused and said with as much confidence as I had at the moment, "I'm a writer." Exhale. I felt a little like a poser, but justified my statement by telling myself that I do, in fact, write, so....

"Oh! What do you write?" It's a question that I get a lot when I tell people that I'm pursuing this vocation.

"I write Bible studies." I waited for the head lift, slow nod, and the "ohhhhh" that accompanies this information. But instead, Kay asked more questions and seemed genuinely interested. She had done some Bible studies herself and attends a large church where one of the names she mentioned was familiar to me.

"How did you learn all that?" she asked, when I told her about the Bible study I had recently had published.

I have no good answer for this question so I responded with the only truth I knew.

"I love the Bible."

Her response has had me thinking ever since.

"You love the Bible?" Just like that. I couldn't tell if it was incredulity or because it didn't answer the question. But to me it does answer the question. Completely.

One of my favorite verses in Psalm 119 is "Oh, how I love your law!" I do. And it compels me to read more, learn more, and apply more of God's statutes in my life as I get older and hopefully wiser. Just reading God's Word doesn't make me smarter, but applying it transforms me. How could I not want to delve deeper and deeper into that source of life change? When could I possibly exhaust the extent of knowledge of God's character? Especially when so many of the stories are better than any movie I've ever seen!

I love the Bible. I honestly do. And the more I read the more I love it. And the more I love its Author, my God and Creator. It's true that the Word of God is living and active. It's convicting and encouraging. It slices and heals. And I want to know every part of it.