It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” (Psalm 118:8)
Maybe you received the beautiful e-mail that recently swept our country. It consisted of breathtaking shots of our most scenic vistas, music with a soft beat, entitled:
Center Of The Bible
Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalm 117
Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalm 119
Q: Which chapter is the center of the Bible?
A: Psalm 118
There are 594 Chapters before Psalm 118
There are 594 chapters after Psalm 118
Add up all those numbers and you get 1188
Q: What is the center verse in the Bible?
A: Psalm 118:8
Does this verse say something significant about
God’s perfect will for our lives?
Within minutes of sharing this beautiful attachment with my friends including Morgan Roberts, FPC Birmingham pastor in the 1980s, I received this reply from him:
“Interesting and nicely done … (however) the versification of the Bible is a later addition to the text. Then too, when we refer to the “Bible”, there are different Bibles: our Christian Bible, two Jewish Bibles…and the two Jewish Bibles are not identical, containing different books, and arranged in an order different than our Christian Bible. Morgan”
Thank you Morgan, for keeping me honest!
Prayer: Whatever the version may be, keep me centered in Your plan, dear LORD, I pray. Amen.
Janet Munson
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