“Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
– Ann Landers
Jesus sat before a crowd and told this story, “A man was out in a field. He stumbled across a treasure greatly valued. He reburied the treasure. He, then, went home, sold everything he had, and bought the field with the treasure.”
How many of us have found a treasure like that? Something so important to us that we end up giving our all just for that treasure?
Many would say having a nice car, a career position, or living an authentic life. There is a myriad of things we would give everything for. Why? Because it is worth it to us.
So what about this particular Bible from Thomas Nelson: NJKV Premium Collection Personal Size Large Print Reference? Is this Bible worth it? I mean the price is $189.99!
I have seen Bible like this one on the shelf before. I loved the look and feel and the sense I get from it, but the price shocked me and back on the shelf it went to shock the next customer.
Is this Bible worth it?
A pREMIUM pACKAGE
When I slid the top of the box open, a shiny, silver sticker greeted me with a shimmer and a wink. I knew something special lay just inside the black paper wrapping.
Gingerly, I lifted greeter and unfolded the paper. Inside lay the most beautiful Bible I had ever held in my hand. The brown leather cover whisked my imagination back to Europe and the binding of ancient manuscripts. My hands cradled the weight of the Bible. My attention and awe were connected to the Bible before me.
The rose gold gilding invited me to see what treasure lay buried under such an exquisite beauty. Was it just binding deep? Or was this truly a premium package.
Inside the beautiful binding, the feel of the pages were firm yet loose. The color was a beautiful off white keeping my attention on the words. The font readied my eyes for exploration. The references at the end of each verse and at the bottom of the pages teased me down a rabbit hole of spiritual wonder in the Scriptures.
As I my senses took all of this in, I realized that this was a very different Bible than I had ever owned.
An aWESOME ASSEMBLE
Thomas Nelson’s NKJV Premium Bible Collection Personal Size Large Print Reference Bible is an amazing assembly of translation, aesthetics, and Scripture.
I love the NKJV translation. To me, it feels like it brings the reader to an older time while keeping the text understandable. It may not be the translation some may choose right off the bat, but it is a good, solid translation out of many.
The size of the font and lay out of the pages is perfect for reading with ease and note taking. I love note taking in this Bible. I use a pencil and things are easily erased without eraser smudges.
Another feature I love is the 3 color page-marker ribbons (brown, red, blue). I believe this feature is amazing for readers and deep study of the Bible. Ribbons help study? Yes! I use the brown to mark the Old Testament, red the Gospels, and blue the Acts and the other epistles in the New Testament. It is perfect for going in between each section of Scripture and seeing the connections between each section (which I totally geek out about!).
In the back there is a simple concordance and maps. But what this Bible does is help readers be able to set up their own studying system bound in a very beautiful package.
But the Price…
But, the price is 189.99! Yes, as a teacher that is quite pricey to spend on a Bible. Yes, I did receive this Bible for free to review.
But…
Would I ever buy it after I wholly use this one? Yes! I would save up money for another one. When I held this Bible in my hands, I felt the weight of my faith in a more tangible way. Just like there is a hefty cost for relationships with what we invest in others, are we willing to invest the same into our relationship with God? Do we have one special Bible that we come to and just by the binding our mind switches to experience the weight of our faith?
Jesus said in Matthew 6:21 that where our treasure is, our heart will be there too. When we invest our treasure into our relationship with God even in spending money on a beautiful Bible like this one, our heart connects to that value.
When we need to see the value of our faith, we may need to spend into our personal relationship with God. Thomas Nelson’s NKJV Premium Bible Collection Personal Size Large Print Reference Bible is the perfect Bible to accomplish that goal.
It may seem very trivial or using like “new age energy idea,” but, in reality, many people see the importance of something when they spend a great price for it. In doing so, they want their money’s worth. And what is definitely worth more than all the money we could have in this life time? A relationship with God.
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(This study Bible was given to me free by biblegateway.com for an honest review as I am a member of the Bible Gateway Blogger Grid)
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