For years I viewed my interaction with the Bible as a debit account: I had a need, so I went to the Bible to withdraw an answer. But we do much better to view our interaction with the Bible as a savings account: I stretch my understanding daily, I deposit what I glean, and I patiently wait for it to accumulate in value, knowing that one day I will need to draw on it. Jen Wilkin
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I have been giving the Bible to others for years now and never thought of it as a deposit. I treated it as an ATM machine where I withdraw answers and they refill it again. But we do much better to view our interaction with the Bible as a savings account: we stretch our understanding and we deposit what we glean and we patiently wait for it to accumulate in value, knowing that one day we will need to draw on it.

Source: Women Of The Word: How To Study The Bible With Both Our Hearts And Our Minds

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