I recently started reading How To Be Rich by Andy Stanley. Wowie it’s so good! I’m only on the second chapter and it has already changed how I think about things.

He says we are so much richer than we realize. (The following is a paraphrase! I got the book out of the library, so it doesn’t have my typical underlined text for easy review!) Living in America, the luxuries we don’t even think about….one person working only 5 days to feed himself for 7 days….or one person working for more than one mouth to feed. Even making around $30,000, you’re richer than a lot of people in this world.

Tonight, I came across a video that really drove this point home. It’s since been taken down, but the gist is people got REALLY excited to get bibles.

Some of us have a bible or two lying around….for each person in the house. I have at least 3-4+ that I can think of off of the top of my head. My family is really into books, especially my dad (a trait he passed down to me)….to look at his library you’d think he’d been a pastor for years. He even has the bible in Greek and Latin. I have no idea how many bibles we actually have in the house….but, if I had to guess, I’d say at least 30 of various translations….not to mention several computer programs that have most translations.

I watched this video and was truly humbled. They were diving for bibles like I do when I go Black Friday shopping and go after the DVDs. Do I knock people over to get to my bible? Do I truly realize how awesome it is to have my own copy of God’s word to the world? Do I cry because I have access to this gift ANY time? ……do you?