Apprentice

I lost my favourite Bible on the train last week. It was a Compact ESV. I’d had it for a couple of years and it was nicely broken in and small enough to fit in my pocket so I could bring it everywhere with me. The weather was unexpectedly warm last Friday so while I was sitting on the DART I took it off and folded it over my lap. My Bible must have fallen out of my pocket as I was putting my coat back on again to get off at my stop. I’ll miss it, but if someone finds it and reads it then I’m glad they have it, I just don’t want it to end up as rubbish. It’s funny how attached I got to it. Is it wrong that I now have my eyes on the deluxe version? I won’t be buying one anytime soon, don’t worry, I can do without it.

Actually, come to think of it it was my second favorite Bible anyway. My favorite would br the wide-margin version I use for my daily reading. The wide margins are good for writing notes and I’ve “hacked” it (in the most basic sense of the word hack) by crudely sticking a few ribbon markers in it with superglue.

Still, I will miss the little one.