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Each day brings with it the miracle of a new beginning. Many of the moments ahead will be marvelously disguised as ordinary days, but each one of us has the chance to make something extraordinary out of them. Douglas Pagels

 

Making something extraordinary out of each and every day becomes more important with each and every day! My Nana's advise for doing that very thing... start each and every day with time in a quite corner. Take the 'good book', a journal, and your morning coffee to your quiet corner and talk over your plans for the day with your Heavenly Father.

 

In Prayer It Is Better To Have A Heart Without Words
Than Words Without A Heart.John Bunyan

Those Who Always Pray Are Necessary
To Those Who Never Pray. Victor Hugo

How Nana Makes A Study Bible Index

Most people want to serve God...
in an advisory capacity.

• Supplies •
  • Felt tipped markers in several favorite colors
  • Metallic Gold or Silver Calligraphy Pen
  • Ruler & Pencil

  • Determine what divisions will be the most convenient; i.e. Books of Moses, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets, Psalms, Proverbs, Gospels, Epistles, etc.  Use whatever method compliments your study habits.  Then, carefully fold back the covers of your Bible, and -
  • Holding all the page tightly together - mark lightly across them with a pencil, about every 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. (15 to 20 mm)
  • Separate the first section you want to index from the rest of the pages and, holding them tightly together, carefully color the edge of the section from the top down to the first pencil mark.
  • Separate the next section, hold and color between the first and second pencil marks.  Continue with each section you have decided to separate, moving down the pages as you work.  When you reach the bottom of the pages, begin at the top again.
  • When all of the sections have a colored "tab" showing their location - use a gold or silver metallic pen or marker to fill in the blank areas, covering any remaining pencil marks or areas where the color may have bled across the lines.  Sometimes leaving these blank areas white is very effective, too.  It's all up to you.

There you have it!  Beautiful gilt edged pages, a quick reference index to aid in your studies, no nasty little plastic tabs to break off, and a Study Bible that can accompany you anywhere. Almost as good as the gilt edged, cut indexing found in very, very expensive volumes, Right?

 

I have so much to do today
that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
Martin Luther 1483-1546

Preach the Gospel all the time. If necessary use words!
St. Francis of Assisi

 

"The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times, and unexpected places." A Girl Of The Limberlost - Gene Stratton-Porter