Hey there, and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. Today's reading titled

A Living Document was written by Karen Pimpo. In memorializing his grandfather's work, Peter

Croft wrote, It is my deepest desire for the person who picks up their Bible, whatever version they use,

to not only understand, but experience the scriptures as living documents, just as relevant,

dangerous, and exciting now as they were those thousands of years ago.

Peter's grandfather was J.B. Phillips,

a youth minister who undertook a new paraphrase of the Bible in English during World War II in order to make it come alive to students at his church. Like Phillips students, we face barriers

to reading and experiencing scripture,

and not necessarily because of our Bible translation. We may lack time, discipline, or the right

tools for understanding. But Psalm 1 tells us that Blessed is the one, whose delight is in the law

of the Lord. Meditating on scripture daily

allows us to prosper in all seasons, no matter what hardships we're facing. How do you view your

Bible? It's still relevant with insight for living today, still dangerous in its call to believe

and follow Jesus, still exciting

in the intimate knowledge of God and humanity that it imparts. It's like a stream of water

that provides the sustenance we need daily. Today, let's lean in, make time, get the right tools,

and ask God to help us experience scripture as a living document.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is Psalm 1.

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked,

or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the

law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by

streams of water which yields its fruit in season, and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever they do

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