I remember the moment like it was yesterday: sitting there in a selection interview for a campus leadership council during my undergrad years, these questions, among others, came:  “What is your favorite thing?  And why?”.  Almost without a second of reserve, I replied “a book”.  I’ve always loved words–the spoken word, writing, communication in varied formats, but that wasn’t the ‘why’ behind my answer.   Instead, as I went on to explain, a book was my favorite thing because within the pages of a book there are no limitations.  With any given book, you can be transported anywhere and experience anything, things which otherwise might always remain too distant to reach or too costly to obtain.  A book, however, brings close those things and opens those worlds to all who dare to journey within its pages.  My final answer went something like that and–after all these years–it’s still my favorite thing.

But nowadays it’s not just any book, but the Book, the Bible, the living Word of God, that’s my favorite.  The original Source of all truth, light, beauty, success, power, love, and every other great thing one could long after, are contained–and accessible–within its pages.  This Book truly offers the promise of a new life to anyone who will dare to take it at face value and believe it!  It has the power within it to transport you from every hard, cold, dark, uninspiring place that exists into the most glorious, joy-filled days of heaven on earth. 

If there was ever anything worth claiming as my favorite thing, the Word of God is it!  How about you?