Because God loves us, he lets us know exactly how to have access to him.

Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.

God is our loving Father who loves his children perfectly. So, every part of his Word is an expression of his love to us.

Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life.

Lots of the time, we just think of the Bible as history or life lessons or poetry or - unfortunately - a collection of 'thou shall' and 'thou shalt nots!' All those elements are part of Scripture.

God does give us the history of his people.

Blindness brought with it a million adjustments and losses and emotions. But, there really was this unshakeable sense, deep within me, that God had already prepared me for the darkness. And he did it through his Word.