Okay, it is very important that you pause before scrolling past this first photo today. This is obviously a book, right? What's your guess? A journal? A book about teacup history? Well, you would be wrong.
It's the Tangerine Tea Time Daily Devotional Bible, and when I spotted it in a store the other day, I was just stunned that I did not know there was a Bible with teacups on it! I'm not just trying to score Sunday school points when I say that the Bible is my favorite book of all time, and as I understand things, it's also the only book that will last forever. God's word has gotten me through the toughest points in my life, and my morning time in the word with a (single!) cup of coffee is my favorite, calmest part of the day. (I've found an easy, do-able reading plan that lets me read through the whole Bible in a year, so if that appeals to you, visit Blueletterbible.org and look down the right-hand side to see the different reading plans. I like the one that gives you some of the Old Testament and some of the New Testament each day.)
There are so many "pretty" Bibles out there these days, and I have to remind myself that the cover doesn't matter if the words themselves don't make a difference in my life. I even pondered (briefly!) whether it was appropriate to have a Bible that doesn't exactly look like "the Holy Bible." I finally decided this might be a nice extra Bible to have at home, mainly because I want to have a traditional Bible (with the chapters in order) when I'm reading at church or at Bible study. Still, this was quite an unexpected find!
Who would have thought that there was a Bible with a cover of tea cups? While the contents are the important part, isn’t it lovely to have a cover that is appealing?
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